How to fix and alter alarms on your iPhone

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

Clock app

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

Set an alarm on iPhone

How to prepare an alert

  1. Open up the Clock app, then tap the Alarm tab.
  2. Tap the Add push button.
  3. Set a fourth dimension for the alarm. Y'all can too choose one of these options:
    • Repeat: Tap to prepare a recurring alarm.
    • Label: Tap to proper name your warning.
    • Sound: Tap to pick a sound that plays when the warning sounds.
    • Snooze: Turn on to see a Snooze pick when the alarm sounds.
  4. Tap Save.

How to alter the alarm's volume

  1. Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics.
  2. Nether Ringer and Alerts, drag the slider left or right to set the volume. As you drag, an alert volition play, so you can hear how the volume changes.
  3. Turn on Change with Buttons to use the volume buttons on your device to change the alarm book.

Learn what to do if the warning volume is likewise low or quiet.

Edit an alarm on iPhone

How to edit an alarm

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

How to delete an warning

  • Swipe left over the alarm and tap Delete.
  • Tap Edit, tap the Delete button, and then tap Delete.
  • Tap Edit, tap the alarm, and then tap Delete Alarm.

If the alarm volume is too depression or placidity

Do Not Disturb and the Ring/Silent switch don't affect the alert audio. If you set your Band/Silent switch to Silent or plow on Do Non Disturb, the alarm still sounds.

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

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

Manually adjusting the time on your iPhone in Settings to alter app behavior, like game timers, isn't recommended and tin can affect alarms.

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