How to Record a Voicemail Greeting on iPhone

You can change your voicemail greeting on your iPhone whenever you like. Here's how to do it on an iPhone running iOS 11 and later.

How to Record a Voicemail Greeting on iPhone

You can create any voicemail greeting you'd like, and change it whenever desired. Here's how.

1. Tap the Phone app to open it.

2. Tap the Voicemail tab.

3. In the Voicemail screen, tap Greeting.

4. In the Greeting screen, tap Custom. This is where you'll record your voicemail greeting and stop using the default voicemail greeting.

5. Tap Record and start speaking.

6. When you're done recording the voicemail greeting, tap Stop.

7. To listen to the greeting you just recorded, tap Play. If you aren't happy with the results, tap Record again and record a new greeting.

8. When you're happy with the greeting and want to use it, tap Save.

The next time you want to change the voicemail greeting on your iPhone, follow these steps again. You can change your iPhone voicemail message as many times as you like; there are no fees or limitations to the number of greetings you create.

To use the iPhone's default voicemail greeting instead of your custom option, choose Default, rather than Custom in the Greeting screen. Your custom greeting is saved, so you can select it again.

iPhone Voicemail Message Tips

Here are a few tips on how to use iPhone voicemail efficiently:

• Only one custom voicemail greeting can be stored on an iPhone. Any new message that is recorded overwrites the existing custom greeting. You can't switch between other greetings made in the past. If you want to reuse an old greeting, record it again.
• There isn't a button to delete a custom greeting. Instead, record a new one to replace the one you want to remove.
• While it is possible to undelete voicemails in some situations on the iPhone, voicemail greetings cannot be restored. If you record a new greeting and save it, the old one is gone.