You Want To Make A TikTok Sound A Ringtone? Here’s How

If you’re on TikTok, it’s impossible to avoid hearing the app’s Sounds (that’s the label used to describe songs as well as sound effects).

Most TikTok users include them in their videos, not only to make their videos more enjoyable and professional, but also because using trending songs in TikTok posts can help boost the posts’ visibility on the social media platform.

The Sounds available for use in TikTok content aren’t just generic music, either. The app has become perhaps the most important factor in new songs’ popularity. More than 80% of songs that went viral on TikTok later landed on the Billboard charts, and TikTok sounds have been downloaded to users’ music apps more than a billion times.

It’s easy to understand, then, why people might want to save a TikTok sound to use as a ringtone on their phone. It’s not a difficult process, but it will require the use of one or two additional apps to get the job done.

How to Make a TikTok Sound into a Ringtone

You’re going to need a video-to-MP3 converter for this task (MP3 is the most commonly used format for audio tracks these days). Many options, like the “Movie Converter” app, are free to download from the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store.

If you use an iPhone, you’ll also need the “GarageBand” app, which is also available in the App Store and already installed by default on many iPhone versions.

Download the one(s) you need before taking these steps.

1. Find a TikTok video that contains the Sound you want to save.
2. Tap the “Share” icon (a sweeping right arrow) on the right-hand menu.
3. Click on the “Save video” button to download the video to your phone. If you don’t see the button, that means the content isn’t available for download; you can look for the Sound on another post or make a screen recording of the video (which won’t sound quite as good) if you prefer.
4. Open the video-to-MP3 converter (we’ll be describing the steps to take in Movie Converter, but similar apps generally work the same way).
5. Choose the “Video to Audio” option, and select the TikTok video you just downloaded to your camera reel.
6. On the converter’s settings page, ensure that “MP3” is selected for both “Output Format” and “Codecs.”
7. Tap the “Extract Audio” icon, then “Re-encode,” and finally “Start.” The MP3 will be encoded, and you’ll have the opportunity to edit it if desired.
8. Hit “Export” again or “Download file” (depending on the converter you’re using) and the MP3 version of the Sound will be saved to your phone.

The process is different for Android and iPhone users from this point.

If you have an Android:

1. Find the saved file on your phone and tap the file name.
2. Choose “Set as ringtone” from the popup menu.

That’s all there is to it. If you have an iPhone, though, it’s somewhat more complicated.

1. Open the Garage Band app.
2. Tap the “+” button to start your project and then look on the “Tracks” tab; choose “Audio Recorder.”
3. Now, find and tap the “Track” button on the top right-hand side of the page, and click on “Loops.”
4. Click on the “Browse Items from the Files app” folder, select the MP3 you created, and it will be highlighted. Press the file name and drag it to the left so it’s in your project window.
5. Tap the small “+” button at the top right, click “Section A,” and in the “Manual” bar, increase the number to “30.” (iPhone ringtones should be 30 seconds in length.)
6. Click on the audio track, choose “Copy,” click the track again, and choose “Paste.” Copy and paste enough times to fill the track.
7. Tap the down arrow at the top left of the screen, choose “My Songs,” and then press and hold your ringtone Sound until you see a popup.
8. Tap “Ringtone” and then “Continue,” and finally choose to export it as a “Standard Ringtone.”

Whew! That may be enough to make you wish you’d gotten an Android instead. It’s not as difficult as it might look, though, and the process will become second nature if you regularly create new ringtones from TikTok Sounds.