Different alert tones are a great way to keep yourself updated with incoming notifications without having a glance at your iPhone. You get to know which app is trying to notify you easily. However, the ability to change tones for third-party apps was a complicated process for iPhone users where individual apps had to implement this feature on their own.

Thankfully, the latest iOS update now allows you to change the default tone used for third-party apps easily. This also applies to any other alerts you receive on your iPhone that don’t have the option to customize them. Here’s how you can do that on your iPhone.

Here’s how you can select an alert tone other than the default tone for a third-party app on your iOS device. The select tone will be applicable to all third-party apps and other alerts that you may receive on your iPhone. Follow either guide below to help you along with the process.

  • Required: iOS 17 update installed on your iPhone
Short guide:
  • Settings > Sounds & Haptics > Default Alerts > Select your preferred tone
GIF guide:

Step-by-step guide:

Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you easily change the default alert tone on your iPhone. Let’s get started!

  1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone and tap on Sounds & Haptics.
  2. Scroll down and tap on Default Alerts. Now tap and choose your preferred alert tone for default notifications on your iPhone.

And that’s how you can change the default alert tone on your iPhone.

We hope this post helped you easily change the default alert tone on your iPhone. If you face any issues or have more questions, feel free to reach out to us using the comments below.