How To Change Volume On Iphone Xr

Adjust the volume on iPhone

When you're on the phone or listening to songs, movies, or other media on iPhone, you can use the buttons on the side of your device to adjust the audio volume. Otherwise, the buttons control the volume for the ringer, alerts, and other sound effects. You can also use Siri to turn the volume up or down.

Ask Siri. Say something like: "Turn up the volume" or "Turn down the volume." Learn how to ask Siri.

The upper portion of the front of iPhone with the volume up and volume down buttons on the upper left.

Lock the ringer and alert volumes in Settings

Go to Settings .
Tap Sounds & Haptics (on supported models) or Sounds (on other iPhone models).
Turn off Change with Buttons.

Adjust the volume in Control Center

When iPhone is locked or when you're using an app, you can adjust the volume in Control Center.

Open Control Center, then drag .

Put iPhone in silent mode

To put iPhone in silent mode , set the Ring/Silent switch so that the switch shows orange. To turn off silent mode, set the switch back.

The upper portion of the front of iPhone showing the Ring/Silent switch at the top left, above the volume buttons.

When silent mode is off, iPhone plays all sounds. When silent mode is on, iPhone doesn't ring or play alerts or other sound effects (but iPhone may still vibrate).

Important: Clock alarms, audio apps such as Music, and many games play sounds through the built-in speaker, even when silent mode is on. In some countries or regions, the sound effects for Camera, Voice Memos, and Emergency Alerts are played, even when the Ring/Silent switch is set to silent.

See Change iPhone sounds and vibrations.

On iPhone, there are several ways to protect your hearing from loud volume while listening to headphone audio. See Use headphone audio level features on iPhone.

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