How to Change Your AirDrop Ringtone

Last Updated: April 18, 2020

Apple iOS offers a feature called AirDrop that allows two or more people to send files to each other without the use of an email, phone number, or mass storage device. AirDrop comes with a default ringtone known as "Pulse", but this article will show you how to change the sound it makes.

Steps

1
Open the Settings
app on your iPhone. It is a grey gear-shaped icon.
2
Scroll down to Sounds & Haptics.
3
Scroll down underneath the SOUNDS AND VIBRATION PATTERNS label and tap "AirDrop".
4
Scroll through the options. Apple offers over 100 different ringtones, but all your iPhone ringtones are available as notification sounds too.
- You can select None if you wish to not have a ringtone. You'll find this option just below the ALERT TONES label.
5
Tap the name of the ringtone you would like to use.
- Apple offers over 40 default ringtones to choose from.
6
Click the < Sounds & Haptics at the top left of the screen. Your ringtone will be saved.