Galaxy S6 Guide

How to customize Samsung Galaxy S6 Ringtone?

A guide on how to change Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone, how to customize Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone with own music files , and how to customize Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone for individual contact

1. Why you may want to customize Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone?

The default Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone can confuse you if some other people are also using the default ringtone.

Sometimes, you may want to know who is calling you based on the ringtone without check the screen.

Some Galaxy S6 owners may want to customize Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone with own music files (or other audio files).

This guide will show you:

  • how to change the default  Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone;
  • how to use your own music file as Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone;
  • how to use different ringtones for different contacts.

As the ringtone setting for Samsung Galaxy S6 is identical to that for Samsung Galaxy S6 edge, this guide also applies if you want to customize Galaxy S6 edge ringtone.

2. How to change Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone?

To set or change Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone, you can go to Settings.

Tap Sounds and notifications as shown below.

Tap Ringtone as shown below. Please note, the current default ringtone is listed behind Ringtone.

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If you have ES File explorer or other ringtone handling apps installed, you may get the options of choosing apps to handle your request.

For example, I installed ES File Explorer on the Galaxy S6, so I get the option of choosing ES File Explorer or Media storage.

Media storage option will allow you to select any pre-installed ringtones and any music files you put in the Ringtones folder.

Tap Media Storage.

Tap JUST ONCE a shown below

Now you can select any of these ringtones.  It will become the new default Galaxy S6 ringtone.

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3. How to customize Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone with your own music files on the phone?

In addition to the pre-installed ringtones, you can also use your own music files or any audio files as  Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone.

The music can be on your phone or on your PC.

In this section, we assume the music file to be added as Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone is located in your phone. If the music file is located on your PC, please read next section.

To customize Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone with your own music files on the phone, please go to Settings—Sounds and notifications—Ringtone. Similar to the steps in section 2, you need choose Media storage and JUST ONCE if you are given the options.

Now instead of selecting a ringtone, scroll down the list of ringtone to the bottom.  Tap + Add ringtone as shown below.

The music files on your Galaxy S6 will be shown. Tap the one which you want to use as Galaxy S6 ringtone.

For example, as shown below, you want to use Together as the new ringtone for your Galaxy S6.  Tap the music to check.

For a music file, because it is usually quite too long for a ringtone, by default, Galaxy S6 choose part of the music as the ringtone. Samsung calls it “Highlights only” as shown below.

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If you want to use the whole song as Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone, you can unchek Highlights only as shown below.

Tap DONE in the top right as shown below once you finish selecting.

The new Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone should be applied as shown below.

Please note, for a music file, once you added it as ringtone in this way, it will be then permanently available in the ringtone before you delete the file.

So, you can use this music file just like pre-installed ringtones as customized ringtone for some contacts as well (see section 5).

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4. How to customize Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone with your own music files on your PC?

If the music file you want to use as  Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone is located in your PC, you can copy them to the Ringtones folder in Galaxy S6.

You may connect your Galaxy S6 to the PC with a USB cable.  Then in Windows Explorer, you should be able to find your Galaxy S6.

However, if you cannot find your Galaxy S6 (or S6 edge), you may need install Smart Switch as explained in this page.

Once your Galaxy S6 or Galaxy S6 edge is connected to the PC, navigate to the Ringtones folder as shown below.

Then copy music file from your PC to this folder as shown below.

In this example, you want to use LetMeBe.m4a as the new Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone.  So you copy this file to the Ringtones folder on Galaxy S6.

As shown below, you need verify the music file is copied to the folder. If the system ask you to convert, you may accept.

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Once the file is copied to the Ringtones folder, it is ready for you to use it as Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone immediately.

Please go to Settings—Sounds and notifications—Ringtone. Similar to the steps in section 2, you need choose Media storage and JUST ONCE if you are given the options.

You can find Let Me Be now is in the ringtone list as shown below.

Tap it will change your current Galaxy S6 ringtone to this one.

Again, after tapping the music file, you will be asked to use part of music (highlights only) or the whole song (from the beginning) as shown below.

This setting is only required when you first time use this music file as Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone.

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Tap Highlights only (or From the beginning, it is up to you and the music file) as shown below.

Tap OK to confirm.

Now, in the Ringtones and sounds, you can find the music file is your new Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone as shown below.

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5. How to customize Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone for individual contact?

In addition to changing ringtone, or  using own music file as Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone, you can also customize ringtone for each contact on Galaxy S6 so that you know who is calling once Galaxy S6 rings.

To  customize Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone for individual contact, please follow these steps.

Step 1: In Contacts app, tap the contact you want to use special ringtone.

Step 2: Tap EDIT as shown below.

Step 3: Tap Ringtone as shown below.

Current ringtone is shown. If you have’t customized ringtone for this contact, it should be the default ringtone, which actually changes if you change default ringtone in Settings–Sounds and notifications–Ringtone.

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Step 4: Choose a ringtone for this contact.

You can choose from any pre-installed ringtones, or any music files you added from your PC (section 4), or music files on your phone (section 3).

Of course, you can also use + Add ringtone as highlighted in the green box below, exactly as in section 3.

Tap <– Ringtones as shown below to finish the customization of ringtone for this contact.

Step 5: Save the settings.

In the contact edit page, the new ringtone is assigned to this contact as shown below.

Tap SAVE as shown below to save the settings.

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6. What about Samsung Galaxy S6 edge ringtone?

As mentioned, the settings  for Samsung Galaxy S6 edge ringtone are identical to those for Galaxy S6.

So, you can use this guide to customize Samsung Galaxy S6 edge ringtone, although we use Galaxy S6 most of the time.

Can you customize Samsung Galaxy S6 Ringtone? Can you customize Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone with your own music files on the phone or on your PC? Can you customize Samsung Galaxy S6 ringtone for individual contact?

Please let us know in the comment box below, if you have any questions or encounter any problems on how to customize Samsung Galaxy S6 Ringtone, or how to use your own music files as ringtone, or how to assign a special ringtone for some contacts.

We will try to help you.

For other features of Galaxy S6, please check Galaxy S6 online manual page.

For detailed guides on how to use Samsung Galaxy S6, please check Galaxy S6 how-to guides page.



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Comments

  1. I have a Samsung Galaxy S6 and I recently purchased music from Google Play. I understand to add a song as a ringtone it needs to be in the Music app already on the phone (as it shows in your pictures also).
    Is there any way I can have my chosen track I purchased from the play store to my music and have it as a ringtone?

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    • Lauren, i was trying to figure out how to add ringtones to my Samsung Galaxy 6 also. I just downloaded about 15 songs into my Galaxy ringtone folder. I have purchased songs from Rhapsody so I went into my program on my laptop and connected the USB cord to my phone into my USB on laptop. A Samsung folder popped up and I just dragged and dropped my songs that I wanted to use for my ringtones into ‘Samsung Galaxy 6 tracks.’ I didn’t know if it would work, but it did. On my phone, I went into ringtones and tapped ‘add ringtones’ and all the songs I dropped into my Samsung Track folder were there! That’s all I did. I hope something works for you.

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  2. I accidentally pushed always instead of just this time. Now when I try to s wet lecture a ring tone it sends me to my pics in cloud. I’ve had the phone less than 24hrs. Help, factory tones are not for me. #Icanthandleit

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  4. I too have no ringtone option. when i tap edit I can only change name , number and email. there is no option to ‘Add another field’

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  5. Excellent thanks heaps. I found that I was saving contacts to a sim card but when I save to the device, I have all options to attach ringtones. Could be what Tammy’s problem is in the above post at May 23, 2015 at 11:09 pm

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  6. Thanks for the help. When adding a new contact I have the option to edit ringtone. For some reason some of my existing contacts I have that option to edit and others it does not give me the option, if I really want to change the ringtone on someone that I don’t have the option to edit I can always delete and re-add. Thanks again!! 🙂

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  7. can i set a different notification for each app? Eg. Can i take off the vibration for the facebook app?

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  8. I know you cannot transfer your Google play music directly to your phone but is there an app to do that for the galaxy 6?

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  9. Is there a way to hear a text once the window is opened? Also once u get a notification on text will it notify me again if not opened. My 4g samsug did that?

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  10. Thank-you very much.. I did the notification reminder..
    On the question about reading the text, is that when the text is open after I have replied then my contact replies back there is no sound, if I’m not looking at it I do not know they have replied.. does that make sense? Thanks for your help..

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  11. Hi I have another question/problem. How do u set up. voicemail?! Can’t find where? Please help..thank u

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  12. Hi , is there anyway you can select your own highlight of one of your own music tracks on s6 edge. Thanks

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    • i have the galaxy S6 edge and i wanna know if its possible to customize your own ringtone for when you are getting text messages

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      • Yes, you can customize both the default message tone and message tone for individual contact.

        To customize galaxy s6 message notification tone fire individual contact, you can follow this guide. In contacts app, you can set customized message tone, just like what you did for ringtone.

        To customize the default message tone so that is different from the default notification tones you set. In messages app, tap the menu key (3 vertical dots), tap more, tap settings, tap notifications. You can set a new message tone.

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        • So i have done everything i think i am supposed to and still can not get my new s6 to play an individual text tone for my boyfriend’s texts. I went into his contact. Selected edit. Added a new field for message tone. Tapped on the message tone field to enter the list of available notification tones. Scrolled down to find the tone that i had created and copied into the notifications folder. Selected my tone and the phone played my tone. Backed up until i could save this change. Continued to back out of contacts. Reopened contacts. Went to my boyfriends contact. Selected edit so that i could see what message tone was there. Right there in the contact page is shows that the notification that i made and selected is the chosen notification and yet when he texts all i get is the default notification. I have even tried selecting other available notifications that came on the phone just in case there was something wrong with the tone i created. No matter what it says in the messaging tone field all i ever get is the default notification. Any ideas?

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  14. Is there a way to customize ringtone based on GPS location? For example one ringtone for home another when I’m at work.

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  16. Voicemail..is there just the regular vm other then the visual vm? Can’t seem to get it? Please help thank you

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  17. Hi, I’m using a sound volume app called Audio Manager, I love it, but the problem I’m having in customizing profiles is the media ringtone selector closes my profile settings save page too. So I tried to ES File Explorer and I can save the new ringtone with that. All good except where are the default built in Samsung ringtones? I can’t seem to find the location with ES File Explorer. Thanks in advance.

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  18. I have 2 ringtones that I have used on my last 2 Samsung phones so I know that they work. I download them into my ringtone folder and made one the default. I assign the other one to specific people. Both work fine for a day or two and then they both disappear from my ringtone list. Why is this happening and how do I make it stop?

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  19. Have a new Galaxy S6 Edge and have downloaded some ringtones from the Zedge App. Problem I am having is that when my phone rings, the ringtone only plays for a few seconds and then goes silent. Any thoughts on why this may be occurring?

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  21. I was wondering if there was any way of setting a ringtone for a whole Contact Group, or if i would have to set the ringtone individually for each person in that contact group?

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  22. How can I set a ringtone from You tube? I did successfully install 1 as my default ringtone, but now I wanted one for my alarm, but I don’t remember any more how I did it previously?

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  24. Is it possible to set a specific ringtone for phone numbers NOT in my contacts? For example, if it is someone I don’t know I want “Who Are You” by The Who for my ringtone.

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  25. My phone has a ringtone on my messages but when I’m on a phone call n I get a text the music plays is there a way to cancel that on my 6s edge plus

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  26. I had an lg g4 for about a month & switched back to the galaxy’s. I have the 6 now. When using the g4 you could customize the back ground in the text messages.. but each person could be different. I can’t find anything like that.. does it have the capability? I know you can change the bubbles & backgrounds but it changes it for everyone. I want different ones for different people.

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  28. This is awesome but i have a MACBOOK PRO and it does not pull up the folders when you connect it. The Kies worked excellent with my previous Galazies but now this Smart Switch is USELESS. If you didnt have a restore on your iTunes or smart switch then there is no way to simply put a ringtone i have on my macbook into the ringtone file. PLEASE HELP. I am VERY computer literate and have spent hours trying to add things dang ringtones. Can you help me!!!!

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  30. Is there a way to choose a particular time in the music as a ringtone? Not the beginning nor the highlight, but somewhere in between?

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  31. I own the galaxy s6 I want to set my contacts that has their own back to the default ringtone without having to go through all of my contacts one by one to set the ring tone to my default ring tone. Please help me

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  32. I didn’t click Media Storage while trying to set a ringtone for a specific contact and instead clicked something about default something or other. I’ve tried so much as resetting all settings on my phone yet that still won’t allow me to set a different ringtone. Anytime I click “Add from storage device” it just simply takes me back to the screen before where I can select “Ringtone” again. Please help!

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  33. On my old Blackberry, I could set a specific contact to ring through while my phone was set to quiet. This made it great for emergency calls and for when I couldn’t find my phone in the house when it was on quiet.
    How can I set a contact on my Samsung S6 Edge to still ring through with sound when my phone is set on silent???

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  34. If the edge is similar to the Galaxy s6 you can download an app called Zedge it’s for ringtones and wallpapers in order to do contacts you will have to go to your contact list select the contact and then click on edit you can then click on the ringtone setting and choose which ringtone you want for that person for it to ring even on silence you will have to go into your settings select the sound and vibreation and choose your settings there not fimilar with the edge I have the Galaxy s6

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  35. Hello,

    I have a problem. I set the ringtone with the music that didn’t located in ringtones folder. Then, that music I set is disappear from music player. Bu the file still in an internal storage. Looks like the ringtone is linked with this music file.

    Is there anyway to delete the ringtone from the list without delete the music?

    Thank you.

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  36. I have a galaxy s6 but I don’t have the option for media storage. My phone says sounds and ringtone. Then when it has ringtone it just gives me those options. When I put in add ringtone it has my google account come up. Help! I am just not very good at this. Thank.

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  37. I am trying to set certain ringtones to my contacts..I pull up the contact. Press edit..but there is no option to set a ringtone..what should I do?

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  38. I want to change my ringtone but I don’t receive the pop up for the selection of whether I want the song to start from beginning or only play the highlight when phone rings

    Ringtone pop up doesn’t show. Please assist

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