How to Save Instagram Reel Audio as MP3 and Use It as a Ringtone

A ringtone from a Reel is a two part job. First you need the sound as a file on your phone, because Instagram's own "Save audio" button only bookmarks it inside the app. Then you tell your phone to use that file. ICANDL handles the first part in the browser, including the trimming. The second part depends on whether you use Android or an iPhone.

Step 1: cut the Reel's sound

1. Open the Reel in Instagram, tap the Share icon and choose Copy link.
2. Open the ringtone maker on the same phone.
3. Paste the link and tap Download. An audio player with the Reel's sound appears.
4. Play it and tap "Start here" where the ringtone should begin and "End here" where it should stop. "Play part" lets you check the selection.
5. Choose MP3 (Android) or M4R (iPhone) and tap "Download Ringtone".

Keep "Fade in and out" ticked for a soft start and end. If you want the whole soundtrack instead, the Instagram audio downloader saves it with "Download Audio Only (MP3)".

The file contains the sound exactly as it plays in the Reel. If the creator talks over the music, the voice is in the file too, so pick a part where the music is clean.

Step 2 on Android

Menu names change between phone makers, but the path is close to this on most phones:

1. Open Settings and go to Sound (on some phones, Sound and vibration).
2. Tap Phone ringtone.
3. Look for an option to add a ringtone or choose one from your files. It is often a plus button or a "From device" entry.
4. Browse to the Downloads folder and select the MP3.

Some phones let you set a ringtone from the file manager directly: long press the MP3 and look for "Set as ringtone".

Step 2 on iPhone

iOS doesn't let you set a ringtone straight from the Files app. You have two options.

With a computer, use the M4R file:

1. Connect the iPhone to the computer with a cable.
2. On a Mac, open Finder, select the iPhone in the sidebar and drag the M4R onto its window. On Windows, open iTunes, select the iPhone and drag the file into Tones under On My Device.
3. On the iPhone, go to Settings, Sounds and Haptics, Ringtone, and pick it.

Without a computer, use Apple's free GarageBand app and the MP3:

1. Save the MP3 to the Files app when Safari asks where to download it.
2. Open GarageBand and start a new project with any instrument, then switch to the tracks view.
3. Import the MP3 from Files using the loop browser.
4. Keep the clip at 30 seconds or less. GarageBand won't export a longer ringtone.
5. Go back to My Songs, long press the project, tap Share and choose Ringtone.
6. After the export, choose "Use sound as" and pick Standard Ringtone.

A note on copyright

ICANDL works only with public posts and doesn't store the files it processes. Songs in Reels are usually copyrighted. Using one as your own ringtone is personal use; sharing or reposting the file is a different matter, and that responsibility sits with you.

If you want to know the song's name before you save it, read how to find the song from an Instagram Reel. The ringtone maker works with TikTok, Facebook and X videos too; see how to make a ringtone from a video link.

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