How to set a custom snooze duration for alarms on iPhone

Learn how to set a custom snooze duration for alarms on your Apple devices, other than the default 9-minute snooze that has been in place since the original iPhone.

The default snooze duration for alarms in the Apple Clock app on both iOS and macOS is 9 minutes. This means when the alarm goes off, and you hit the big orange snooze button, the alarm will ring again after 9 minutes, so you’re alerted a second time to wake up.

Folks who tend to oversleep complain that a 9-minute snooze is too long for them to wake up in the morning. If the default 9-minute snooze period seems too long or too short, you can adjust it accordingly and select a duration between 1 and 15 minutes.

Note that you can use different snooze durations for each of your alarms. As an example, you can set it to 15 minutes for your weekend morning alarm, but only 5 minutes for your workday alarms.

Changing the alarm snooze duration is available on devices running the latest version of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS 26.

Use a custom snooze duration for alarms in the Apple Clock app

1. Open the Clock app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac and go to the Alarms tab.
2. Create a new alarm by hitting the plus button or select an existing alarm to edit it.
3. Make sure the toggle for Snooze is green, then tap Snooze Duration and select a duration between 1 minute and 15 minutes.
4. Adjust other details, such as the time, label, and sound if you want, then save your alarm by tapping the check mark icon.

Repeat the above steps to use a custom snooze duration for other or future alarms as needed.

This feature first came on jailbroken iPhones…

Although the latest OS updates introduce a custom snooze duration to the stock Apple Clock app, this feature has been available on jailbroken iPhones for over a decade, thanks to tweaks like Snooze and Snooze++.

This is nothing new; Apple routinely gets inspiration from the world of jailbreaking for some of its features. Check out Anthony’s post, where he has listed 26 iOS 26 features that have existed on jailbroken iPhones for a long time.