Q: How To Delete Custom Ringtones Off My IPhone XS/iOS 12

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Go back to my question Music / iTunes for Mac User profile for user: Iceangel2430 Iceangel2430 Author User level: Level 1 5 points How to delete custom ringtones off my iPhone XS/iOS 12

I’ve been trying to delete custom ringtones off my iPhone XS running on iOS 12 without any luck. They are in mp3 format. Using my Mac (High Sierra 10.13.6) I went into my Music folder and found iTunes>Tones sub folder but it didn’t contain any files. I connected the iPhone to my Mac, opened iTunes and saw that there was a Tones folder on the left hand side. I clicked on it and there was nothing. Right clicked it, nothing at all.

iPhone Xs, iOS 12

Posted on Sep 22, 2018 5:09 PM

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Posted on Oct 25, 2018 9:46 AM

No need for pc or iTunes, you can delete custom ringtones right on your iPhone using GarageBand.

- launch GarageBand on your iPhone

- long-tap on some song you created, it doesn’t matter which one

- some options will appear, select “Share” and then select “Ringtone”

- on the export screen, press on “My Ringtones”

- your custom ringtones will appear

-press on “Edit” and delete the one you don’t want

-press cancel to go back to the main GarageBand screen

That’s it.

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Question marked as Top-ranking reply User profile for user: amirIl amirIl User level: Level 1 9 points

Oct 25, 2018 9:46 AM in response to turingtest2

No need for pc or iTunes, you can delete custom ringtones right on your iPhone using GarageBand.

- launch GarageBand on your iPhone

- long-tap on some song you created, it doesn’t matter which one

- some options will appear, select “Share” and then select “Ringtone”

- on the export screen, press on “My Ringtones”

- your custom ringtones will appear

-press on “Edit” and delete the one you don’t want

-press cancel to go back to the main GarageBand screen

That’s it.

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User profile for user: turingtest2 turingtest2 User level: Level 10 278,155 points

Sep 22, 2018 5:43 PM in response to Iceangel2430

See Create and manage ringtones in iTunes. There is a section of removing tones. iOS only uses files in .m4r format for ringtones. You may have originally used mp3 sources to create suitable files that were then transferred to your device.

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User profile for user: turingtest2 turingtest2 User level: Level 10 278,155 points

Oct 25, 2018 1:32 PM in response to amirIl

Good idea, but I only see the tones made with GarageBand for iOS there, not the other custom tones I've made and added to my device.

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User profile for user: amirIl amirIl User level: Level 1 9 points

Oct 28, 2018 9:25 AM in response to turingtest2

Too bad..

I create my custom ringtones on my iPhone, so it works for me, I hope you’ll find a solution soon. When you do, please post it here to help others👍

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