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Create custom ringtones on iPhone
At last! Apple makes custom ringtones easy
REQUIRES iOS 26 and an a suitable audio file for your ringtone
YOU WILL LEARN
Two ways to add custom ringtones in iOS 26
IT WILL TAKE 10 minutes
FOR NEARLY A decade, custom ringtones on iPhone have been a bit awkward. Rather than do things the obvious way by having a custom ringtone option in Settings > Sounds & Haptics, Apple really wanted you to buy ringtones from the iTunes Store (which you can still do). So it parked custom ringtones in GarageBand instead, making you create a new project, import audio, and then export it again as a ringtone.