How to make a song your ringtone

Step 1: Make the ringtone

1. Open the Ringtone Maker in Safari or Chrome. No app or account needed.
2. Tap Choose a file and pick a song, or a video from your gallery.
3. Drag on the waveform to select the part you want, usually just before the chorus. The first 29 seconds are selected for you.
4. Choose M4R for iPhone or MP3 for Android, press Make ringtone, then Download.

Step 2: Set it on your phone

iPhone (iOS 26 or newer)

1. Open Files → Downloads and tap the ringtone.
2. Tap Share → Use as Ringtone. Done.

Older iPhone, or the option is missing? See set any song as your iPhone ringtone (GarageBand and fixes).

Android

1. Open Settings → Sound & vibration → Phone ringtone.
2. Tap +, My sounds or Add ringtone and pick the file from Downloads.

On a Samsung phone the menu names are different: see custom ringtone on Samsung.

Tips for a good ringtone

1. Start on the hook. You often hear only the first 2 seconds before you answer, so skip quiet intros.
2. Keep it short. 15 to 29 seconds is plenty; it loops until you pick up.
3. Leave the fades on so it doesn't start or stop abruptly.
4. Too quiet? Turn up Volume in Effects before you download.

More ideas

Give one person their own sound with a contact ringtone, use your own voice, wake up to it with a custom alarm, use a sound from your own clips with a ringtone from a video, or make a slowed + reverb version first for a softer ringtone.