You can use a keyboard shortcut.

Return to iTunes and go to the Library tab of Music. Click your device in the left sidebar, then click Tones. Paste your tone.

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Use iTunes to delete custom tones that you manually added to your iOS device If you manually added custom tones to your iOS device, you can delete them from your device using iTunes. Control-click or right-click the tone that you want to delete, then click delete tone.

If you don't see an option to delete tone, you might have to turn off "Manually manage music and videos": In the upper-left corner of iTunes, click. Scroll down to the Options section, and uncheck the box next to "Manually manage music and videos.

Learn more Learn how to put your iPhone on vibrate, ring, or silent mode. If you're using an iPhone X, you might not hear a tone or ringtone for a notification if you're looking at your device. You can create custom ringtones using your iPhone: Open the GarageBand app and find the song that you want to use to make a ringtone. Enter a name for the ringtone, then tap Export. Published Date: You'll need to make sure it's the length you want, so adjust the start and stop time until it's perfect.

Right click on the new file. The one you want will be highlighted. Right click, select "Get Info" and rename with. We need our file to be in this format so it can be recognized as a ringtone. My song currently reads "06 Shake It Off 1. Select "Use.

Copy the. Go back to iTunes and delete the shortened version of the song by right clicking and selecting "Delete. Drag the file from your desktop to your iTunes library under Music. It will then appear in your Tones section. Sync your iPhone to your computer. Then hit "Sync" or "Apply. Remember to go back to the original track now and untick the Start and Stop options, otherwise the track will only play that short section.

Highlight the short version of the song, then right click and select Show in Finder. Now you'll see the two versions of the song.

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The duplicate should have a 1 at the end of the name to differentiate it, and of course the file size will be smaller. To use it as a ringtone we'll need to convert the file type from. Finder will then ask you if you are sure you want to use the new file type? Choose 'Use. Leave the Finder window open for now, as we'll use it again in a moment. Return to iTunes and delete the short version of the track, remembering to check the length carefully before you do so.

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When prompted choose Keep File, as we want to remove the track from our music library but not our computer entirely. Go back to the Finder window and double click the shorter file. Rather disconcertingly it will disappear from the box, but start playing in the background. Don't worry, it isn't really gone. Return to iTunes, go to the row of icons in the top left corner and click on the three dots.

This brings up more options, one of which is Tones. Click this and you'll see that the short version of the song is now a ringtone.