[3 Ways] How to Set Ringtone on iPhone from Music Library

Consider the following scenario: You’re out in public and an iPhone starts ringing. Will you take your iPhone out to have a check? After all, you’re using the same iPhone ringtone as everyone else.

If you’re once in such an embarrassing situation, you may want to set a personal ringtone for your iPhone. If the song you want to set as a ringtone is just saved in the music library, you can try the three methods about how to set ringtone on iPhone 14/15/16 from music library in this guide.

Way 1. How to Set Ringtone on iPhone from Music Library with iTunes

If you are familiar with the steps to transfer iTunes music library to iPhone, it cannot be a hard job for you to set a ringtone on iPhone from music library with iTunes. You may need to convert the song to a ringtone format, then sync it to your iPhone, and finally set it as a ringtone on iPhone. Here are detailed steps.

Step 1. Convert the song to a ringtone format
1. Open iTunes, locate the song that you want to set as ringtone > Right-click it and choose Song Info.

2. In the prompt window, click Option > Set the Start and Stop time of the ringtone > Click OK to confirm. Please be noted that the ringtone is up to 30 seconds.

3. Select the original song, click File > Convert > Create AAC format. Your song will now get duplicated.

4. Select the AAC version of the song, right-click and choose Show in Windows Explorer > Change the extension from .m4a to .m4r.

Step 2. Sync ringtone to iPhone
1. Connect your iPhone to computer via USB > Click the phone icon in iTunes.

2. Click Summary > Check Manually manage music and videos > Click Apply.

3. Click the Tone tab > Drag and drop the ringtone from desktop to iTunes > Then, wait for the sync process to finish.

Step 3. Set ringtone on iPhone
When the sync task is finished, unplug your iPhone from the computer. Go to the Settings app > Sound & Haptics > Ringtone to locate and set the ringtone.

Hope everything goes well and you can successfully set ringtone from music library on iPhone. Just in case, you may encounter the iTunes sync greyed out issue when trying to sync ringtone to iPhone. Then, you can try the second method to change the ringtone on iPhone from music library without iTunes.

Way 2. Easiest Way to Change Ringtone on iPhone from Any Source via FoneTool

If you have problems editing songs to ringtones or syncing the ringtone to iPhone, then you can rely on a professional ringtone maker to edit and set the songs as ringtones on iPhone.
Without syncing by iTunes, FoneTool enables you to transfer custom ringtones to iPhone from music from computer no matter whether they are in iTunes music library or not.

With simple steps and fast speed, you are free to choose the songs you want to custom to ringtones for iPhone. Download FoneTool to your computer, and let it help you make and import unique ringtones to iPhone in 3 steps.

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to computer via USB > Launch FoneTool, click Toolbox > Choose Ringtone Maker option.

Step 2. Choose From Computer to launch music file you'd like to convert to ringtone (Click From Device to import music from iPhone) > Click Select to confirm.

Step 3. Edit the ringtone as per you like, like the duration and effect > Give it a name, and click Save > Finally, click Save to Device to finish the process.

Way 3. How to Set Ringtone from Music Library in iPhone GarageBand

If you have songs in your music library saved in the Apple Music app, you will need to utilize an iPhone ringtone generator called GarageBand since Apple Music does not allow you to set songs as iPhone ringtones directly. Here's how to change ringtone on iPhone from music library using GarageBand.

Step 1. Download and open GarageBand on iPhone, tap the + icon in the upper-right corner of the screen, and double-click the AUDIO RECORDER interface.

Step 2. Click the View button and select the Loop Browser option, then click Music to select the appropriate song.

Step 3. Holding down the song and dragging it to the left, you need to add it to GarageBand for 30 seconds of ringtone making with the trimming and split editing features.

Step 4. Tap the inverted triangle icon and tap My Songs to save the ringtone > Press your song, click the Share button, and select the Ringtone option.

Step 5. Name the ringtone, then click Use sound as..., you can set the ringtone to Standard Ringtone, Standard Text Tone, or Assign to Contact, and click Done to confirm.

How to Change Ringtone from iPhone Settings
When it is finished, you can unplug your iPhone from computer, and set your new iPhone as the way you used to do by going to iPhone Settings > Sounds & Haptics > Ringtone > Select the ringtone you just added to your iPhone.

Conclusion

That’s all for the two ways about how to set ringtone on iPhone from music library. You can make use of iTunes to sync ringtone to iPhone. You can also transfer songs to iPhone using FoneTool and edit ringtone iPhone with no effort. Hope this guide can help you.