How to Set a Silent Ringtone on an iPhone

This How.com.vn teaches you how to silence your iPhone’s ringer using the mute button or a silent ringtone.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:

Switching the Phone to Silent

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Locate the mute switch on your iPhone. You’ll find it right above the volume buttons on the left side of your iPhone.
2
Slide the switch to the On position. As long as you see an orange-ish color on the back of the mute switch, you’ll know the iPhone is muted. As long as the phone is muted, you will not hear a ringtone for incoming calls and messages.
3
Turn off vibration (optional). If you don’t want the phone to vibrate while muted, follow these steps:
- Open your iPhone’s Settings
  .
- Tap Sounds.
- Slide the ″Vibrate on Silent″ switch to the Off
  position.
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Method 2

Method 2 of 2:

Using a Silent Ringtone

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Download a silent ringtone to your computer. Be sure to do this on the computer you use to sync your iPhone with iTunes.
- To find a silent ringtone, search for one in your preferred search engine (e.g. Google, Bing), and makes sure it’s in the .m4r format.
It’s the white, pink, purple, and blue music note icon. You’ll find it in the Dock on macOS, and in the All Apps area of the Start menu on Windows.
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Connect your iPhone to the computer. Use the cable that came with your iPhone or one that’s compatible.
It’s near the top-left corner of iTunes.
It’s in the left panel.
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Open the folder to which you downloaded the silent ringtone. Here’s how:
- If you’re on a Mac, open Finder
  by clicking its icon in the Dock, then open the folder that contains the file.
- On Windows, press ⊞ Win+E to open the File Explorer, then open the folder that contains the file.
This adds the ringtone to your library and copies it to your iPhone. Once the ringtone is copied over, you can disconnect the iPhone from your computer.
You’ll usually find this app on the home screen.
It’s under the ″Sounds and Vibration Patterns″ header.
To do so, tap its name under the ″Ringtones″ header. Your iPhone is now set to use this silent ringtone as its default sound. This means you won’t hear any ringtone when someone calls you.
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Assign the silent ringtone to a specific person (optional). If you don’t want to use a silent ringtone for all incoming calls, you can assign it to specific contacts. Here’s how:
- Open the Contacts app.
- Tap a contact.
- Tap Edit at the top of the screen.
- Tap Edit on the ″Ringtone Sound″ option.
- Scroll down to the Ringtones section and tap the silent ringtone.
- Tap Done at the top-right corner of the screen.
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I can't find the ringtone in my list of ringtones on my iPhone?
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If you've followed the last method with importing ringtone, note that since iTunes 12.7.x you can't use it for importing ringtones that were not purchased with iTunes. To import a third-party ringtone, you need to use Garage Band from the AppStore or a third-party app like iMazing (lots of alternatives, but this has a free ringtones management).
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