How to Change the Snooze Time on an iPhone

Although there's no way to actually change the iPhone's nine-minute alarm snooze time, this article offers several workarounds to make it shorter or longer.

Set Multiple Alarms to Create Your Own Snooze Time

It's easy to schedule different alarms to go off at your desired snooze interval time. To do this, you'll first need to disable the snooze setting on your current alarm. In this example, we'll set our snooze interval to 5 minutes.

1. Open the Clock app, tap Alarm at the bottom, and then tap the + in the top right to create a new alarm.

2. Set your preferred wake-up time, for example, 7 a.m.

3. Disable the Snooze setting, then tap Save.

4. Tap the + again and create a new alarm for 7:05 a.m. Disable the Snooze setting and tap Save.

5. Add any additional alarms at whatever intervals you prefer.

Third-Party Alarm Clocks

Third-party iPhone alarm clock apps offer customizable snooze alarms, allowing you to bypass Apple's alarm clock entirely.

Here's a look at how to change the snooze time in some popular third-party alarm clock apps.

Progressive Alarm Clock

Progressive Alarm Clock features lovely Tibetan singing bowl sounds that gradually increase in volume to gently wake you up. To change the snooze setting in Progressive Alarm:

1. Download Progressive Alarm Clock from the App Store, open the app, and tap Options.

2. Tap Snooze Time.

3. Choose your preferred Snooze Time (up to 30 minutes).

Alarmy - Morning Clock Alarm

Dubbed the “World's Most Annoying Alarm App," Alarmy has a host of features to help get you out of bed. And, while you may have to solve math problems or photograph your room to turn off the alarm, it's easy to customize your snooze time.

1. Download Alarmy from the App Store, open the app, and tap your preferred alarm.

2. Tap Snooze.

3. Choose your preferred snooze interval, then tap Done.

Sleep Cycle - Sleep Tracker

Sleep Cycle is a popular smart alarm that uses patented sound technology to track your sleep. In addition to its many sophisticated features, you can also adjust your snooze time.

1. Download Sleep Cycle from the App Store, open the app, and tap Profile at the bottom.

2. Under Settings, tap More.

3. Under Alarm, tap Snooze.

4. Tap Regular, then choose your preferred interval (up to 20 minutes).

Why Nine Minutes?

With a nine-minute snooze, Apple pays homage to old-fashioned alarm clocks, whose gears made it impossible to set a 10-minute snooze. Because more than 10 minutes lets people fall back into a deep sleep, nine minutes became standard.