You can make your phone's volume louder or quieter. You can also change your ringtone, sound, and vibration.
Important: Some of these steps work only on Android 12 and up. Learn how to check your Android version.
Turn your volume up or down
- Press a volume button.
- At the right, tap Settings:
or
.
- If you don't find Settings, go to the steps for older Android versions.
- Slide the volume levels to where you want them:
- Media volume: Music, videos, games, other media
- Call volume: Volume of the other person during a call
- Ring volume: Phone calls, notifications
- Alarm volume
Tips:
- To have your Google Assistant change your phone's volume for you, say or tap Hey Google, change volume.
- If your phone is paired to more than one Bluetooth device, you can change where you hear music, videos, and games. Under "Media volume," tap Play media to.
- When you press a volume button, the volume that changes depends on what you're doing. For example, if you're watching a movie, the movie volume changes. If you press your volume buttons when you're not listening to anything, your media volume changes.
Turn on vibrate or mute
- Press a volume button.
- At the right, above the slider, tap Ring
.
- To turn on vibrate, tap Vibrate
.
- To mute, tap Mute
.
- To turn on vibrate, tap Vibrate
Tips:
- To turn the ring or sound back on your phone, turn off Vibrate
or Mute
.
- To silence your phone's ring when you receive a call, press a volume button.
- Press a volume button.
- At the right, tap Settings:
or
.
- If needed, tap See more.
- Turn on Vibrate for calls.
Tip: To quickly turn on vibrate, press Power + Volume up.
- Open your phone's Settings app.
- Tap Sound & vibration
Shortcut to prevent ringing.
- Turn Prevent ringing on or off.
- If you don't see "Prevent ringing," go to the steps for older Android versions.
- Choose what happens when you press Power and Volume up:
- Vibrate: Phone calls and notifications vibrate
- Mute: Phone calls and notifications are silent
Change ringtones
- Open your phone's Settings app.
- Tap Sound & vibration
Phone ringtone.
- Pick a ringtone.
- Tap Save.
- Open your phone's Contacts app
.
- Tap a contact.
- Tap More
Set ringtone.
- Choose a ringtone.
- Tap Save.
Get ringtone apps
Download more ringtones from ringtone apps in the Google Play Store .
Transfer a ringtone from a computer
- Connect your phone to your computer using a USB cable. Learn how to transfer files by USB.
- In the window that opens, find the "Ringtones" folder. Copy your music file (MP3) into the "Ringtones" folder.
- Disconnect your phone from your computer.
Tip: Alarm and phone ringtones use different folders. Learn how to add ringtones for alarms.
Change other sounds & vibrations
Change your notification sound
- Open your phone's Settings app.
- Tap Sound & vibration
Advanced
Default notification sound.
- Choose a sound.
- Tap Save.
Tip: You can choose different notification sounds for different apps. Use the settings menu inside each app. For example, learn how to change Gmail notifications.
Make your notifications vibrate
Some apps let you choose whether to vibrate for their notifications. Learn how to change notifications for certain apps.
To change typing sounds and vibrations, you may need to change your keyboard's settings. For example, to change Gboard sounds:
- Open your phone's Settings app.
- Tap System
Languages & input.
- Tap Virtual keyboard
Gboard.
- Tap Preferences.
- Turn on or off:
- Sound on keypress
- Haptic feedback on keypress
Note: If you don't see "Haptic feedback on keypress," tap Vibrate on keypress.
Tip: If you have Gboard "Haptic feedback on keypress" turned on, make sure that "Touch vibration" is also on. Learn how to turn on "Touch vibration."
Important: You can use this setting to manage certain emergency messages, like disaster warnings, threat notifications, and AMBER alerts. You can turn alert types on or off, view past alerts, and control sound and vibration.
- Open your phone's Settings app.
- Tap Apps & notifications
Advanced
Wireless emergency alerts.
-
Choose how often you want to receive alerts and which settings you want to turn on.
- If you can't find Apps & notifications, get help from your device manufacturer.
- Open your phone's Settings app.
- Tap Sound & vibration
Advanced.
- Turn a sound or vibration on or off.
- Set up a work profile.
- Open your phone's Settings app.
- Tap Sound & vibration
Advanced.
- Scroll down to "Work profile sounds."
- Choose your ringtones and sounds.
If you use an older Android version
- Open your phone's Settings app.
- Tap Sound
Shortcut to prevent ringing.
- Tap Press Power & Volume Up together.
- Choose what happens:
- Vibrate: Phone calls and notifications vibrate
- Mute: Phone calls and notifications are silent
- Do nothing
- Press a volume button.
- At the right, tap the Down arrow
.
- Choose the volume type:
- Media
(music, videos, games, other media)
- Ring
(calls, notifications)
- Alarm
- Media
Tip: You can also change volumes from your Settings app Sound.
To have your phone vibrate only (not make sounds), press and hold the volume down button until your phone vibrates.
If your media volume gets turned down instead:
- At the right, tap the Down arrow
.
- Slide "Ring" all the way to the left.
Tip: When your phone is in vibrate mode, you'll see Vibrate .