iOS · iPhone & iPad
Create a Custom iPhone Ringtone With GarageBand
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Answer
Use a legally available, non-protected audio file in GarageBand, trim it to ringtone length, then export it as a ringtone and assign it.
Use eligible audio
Choose your own recording or a licensed local file; protected Apple Music streaming tracks cannot be exported as ringtones.
Build the clip in GarageBand
Create an audio project, import the file, and trim the intended section to the supported ringtone duration.
Export as a ringtone
Return to My Songs, touch and hold the project, choose Share > Ringtone, name it, and export.
Assign and test
Choose Use sound as or open Sounds & Haptics later; preview volume and keep the GarageBand project if you may revise it.
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