How to Make Custom iPhone Ringtones for Free

1. 1 Open iTunes.
2. 2 Find the song that you want to make into a ringtone.
3. 3 Listen to the song and find the part of it you want to use. The chorus may be a good place to start.
4. 4 Write down the start and stop times of the clip.
5. 5 Right-click the song and select "Get Info."
6. 6 Click the "Options" tab.
7. 7 Type in the start time of your ringtone in the text box next to "Start Time" in the minutes:seconds (i.e., 2:01) format.
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   8 Type in the end time of your ringtone in the text box next to "Stop Time." Make sure the ringtone is no more than 40 seconds long.
9. 9 Click "OK."
10. 10 Right-click your song again and select "Convert Selection to AAC." Wait for iTunes to convert your song. It will create a duplicate version.
11. 11 Right-click the ringtone and select "Delete."
12. 12 Click on the "Keep Files" button.
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    Find the file. It's usually in your User folder under "Music > iTunes > iTunes Music" and under the band's name. It will have an extension of m4a.
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    14 Replace the m4a extension of your ringtone with m4r. You can either double-click slowly to rename your file, or right-click and select "Get Info" on a Mac or "Rename" on a Windows PC.
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    15 Click "Use .m4r" or the PC equivalent when the system warns you that the change may affect the use of your file.
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    16 Double-click the ringtone file. ITunes will automatically add it to your ringtones folder in your iTunes Music Library.
17. 17 Connect your iPhone and sync your ringtones.