You can change the sounds iPad plays when you get a call, message, and alert.
With Silent Mode on, iPad won’t play ringtones, alerts, or system sounds, though alarms, timers, music, and audio from videos still play. You can even change the sounds iPad plays for certain people. And you can change your ringtone, change the sound for alerts and other actions, and set separate volumes for alarms and alerts, which match your ringtone volume by default.
Turn Silent Mode on or off
Silent Mode keeps iPad from playing ringtones, alerts, or system sounds, but alarms, timers, music, and audio from videos still play.
- Start the Settings app on your iPad.
- Tap Sounds and turn Silent Mode on or off.
You can also open Control Center, then tap the Mute button.
Change ringtone settings
- Start the Settings app on your iPad.
- Tap Sounds. Do any of the following below Ringtone:
- Change your ringtone: Tap Ringtone and tap a ringtone to preview it and select it.
- Adjust ringer volume: Drag the volume slider.
- Control ringer volume with buttons: Turn Change with Buttons on or off.
You can also change the sounds iPad plays for certain people. Go to the Contacts app, tap a person’s name, tap Edit, then choose a ringtone and text tone.
Change the sound for alerts and other actions
Different sounds can go with calendar alerts, text messages, AirDrop, new mail, sent mail, reminder alerts, and new voicemail.
- Start the Settings app on your iPad.
- Tap Sounds.
- Tap a sound category, such as Text Tone or Calendar Alerts. Tap a sound to select it.
Set separate volumes for alarms and alerts
Your ringtone volume sets the level for alarms, timers, alerts, and system sounds by default. Or set two separate volumes instead, one for alarms and timers and another for alerts and system sounds.
- Start the Settings app on your iPad.
- Tap Sounds and turn off Match Ringtone Volume under Alarms and Timers or Alerts and System Sounds.
- Drag the slider to set the volume.
Change other sound settings
- Start the Settings app on your iPad.
- Tap Sounds and then do any of the following:
- Play a click when you type on the keyboard: Turn Keyboard Clicks on or off.
- Play a sound when you lock iPad: Turn Lock Sound on or off.
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