{"id":199941,"date":"2026-06-05T12:37:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/?p=199941"},"modified":"2026-06-05T12:37:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:37:03","slug":"how-and-why-to-get-a-silent-ringtone-on-your-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/how-and-why-to-get-a-silent-ringtone-on-your-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"How and why to get a silent ringtone on your iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this quick post, I explain why you may want to get a silent tone on your iPhone or iPad, and how to use it on your device.<\/span><\/p>\n

I use two SIM lines on my iPhone<\/a>. The second SIM is only for my bank (who are instructed never to call me) and backup cellular data. I don’t pick up calls on it because I know they are spam or misdialed calls.<\/p>\n

Until recently, I had set a different ringtone for this second SIM<\/a>, which instantly signaled that I should ignore this call. However, even a custom ringtone for this line meant that people around me and I had to be disturbed by the incoming call. At times, my wife would even wonder who called and why I declined to answer it.<\/p>\n

This is when I got a silent ringtone on my iPhone and set it as the ringtone for my second SIM. So now all calls to this number come in normally, but they don’t alert me via a ringtone. When I’m free, I can just look up this missed call in my Phone app and Truecaller<\/a> and be certain it was yet another unimportant call I was totally justified in ignoring.<\/p>\n

Having a silent ringtone also lets me set it as the custom ringtone for some people<\/a> whose calls I don’t want to be alerted to, but it isn’t socially acceptable to decline their call or block their number<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A couple of alternatives to silent ringtone but why they don’t work for me<\/h2>\n

Silent mode:<\/strong> Using a silent ringtone ensures I don’t have to put my iPhone in silent mode, as that also silences calls made to my main SIM line and mutes all other call, text, and app notifications, like those from WhatsApp and FaceTime.<\/p>\n

Call Focus filter:<\/strong> I could have set up a Focus mode that only allows calls from my main SIM line<\/a>, while keeping my other SIM active for cellular data. However, this means keeping a Focus mode active at all times. Plus, I don’t get to see the calls in my Phone app (even though most of them are spam).<\/p>\n

Get a silent ringtone on iPhone or iPad<\/h2>\n

You can search for \u201cSilent Ringtone<\/strong>\u201d in the preinstalled iTunes Store app and buy one for like 99 cents. Or, follow these steps to get one for free.<\/p>\n

1)<\/strong> Make sure your iPhone or iPad is running the latest version of iOS 26.<\/p>\n

2)<\/strong> Use one of these methods to get a silent ringtone:<\/p>\n