How to set and change alarms on your iPhone

Larn how to set, edit, or delete an alarm.

Clock app

With the Clock app, you lot can turn your iPhone into an alarm clock. Only open the Clock app from the Home Screen or Control Centre. You lot can also ask Siri to set up an warning for yous.

Set an alarm on iPhone

How to prepare an alarm

  1. Open the Clock app, then tap the Alarm tab.
  2. Tap the Add push.
  3. Set a time for the alert. Yous can also choose one of these options:
    • Echo: Tap to set a recurring alarm.
    • Label: Tap to name your warning.
    • Sound: Tap to pick a sound that plays when the alarm sounds.
    • Snooze: Turn on to see a Snooze pick when the warning sounds.
  4. Tap Save.

How to change the alarm's volume

  1. Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics.
  2. Nether Ringer and Alerts, drag the slider left or right to prepare the book. Equally you elevate, an warning will play, so you can hear how the volume changes.
  3. Turn on Alter with Buttons to apply the volume buttons on your device to alter the alarm volume.

Larn what to practise if the alarm volume is too low or quiet.

Edit an alarm on iPhone

How to edit an alarm

  1. Open the Clock app and tap the Alert tab.
  2. Tap Edit in the upper-left corner.
  3. Tap the alert, make your changes, then tap Relieve.

How to delete an alert

  • Swipe left over the alarm and tap Delete.
  • Tap Edit, tap the Delete push, and so tap Delete.
  • Tap Edit, tap the alert, and so tap Delete Warning.

If the warning volume is also low or serenity

Do Not Disturb and the Ring/Silent switch don't affect the warning sound. If y'all gear up your Band/Silent switch to Silent or turn on Practice Non Disturb, the warning still sounds.

If you have an alarm that doesn't sound or is too tranquility, or if your iPhone only vibrates, check the following:

  • Set the book on your iPhone. If your alert volume is likewise low or too loud, press the book button upward or down to adjust it. You lot can likewise go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics and drag the slider nether Ringer and Alerts.
  • If your alarm just vibrates, make sure that your alert sound isn't set up to None. Open the Clock app, tap the Alarm tab, then tap Edit. Tap the alarm, then tap Sound and choose a Audio.
  • If you connect headphones to your iPhone, the alarm plays at a fix volume through the built-in speakers on your iPhone as well as wired and wireless headphones.

Manually adjusting the time on your iPhone in Settings to change app behavior, similar game timers, isn't recommended and can impact alarms.

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