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Keep Your Ringer Quiet and Your Alarms Loud in iOS 27

Your ringtone can be discreet without making your timers hard to hear. iOS 27 lets you set alarms and timers to their own volume. Here’s where to find it.

Tim Pearson

CreativeTechs · Apple Certified

October 2, 2026 · 1 min read

Want a quiet ringtone without making your kitchen timer easy to miss? In iOS 27, you can set alarm and timer volume separately from ringtone volume. By default, they’re still linked, so you’ll need to change a setting. Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics, find Alarms and Timers, and turn off Match Ringtone Volume. Drag the slider below it to your preferred volume, then adjust the Ringtone slider for incoming calls. Alarms and timers share their own volume setting, so you can keep them loud without making every phone call announce itself across the room. Once you’ve adjusted the sliders, set a short timer in the Clock app to check that the volume suits your surroundings.