How to save Shorts on any device, and how to turn their sound into a ringtone or an alarm — step by step, with nothing to install.
YouTube has no button that puts a Short in your camera roll. Here is how to save one to an iPhone or iPad in HD, with its sound, and move it into Photos — in Safari, with nothing to install.
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A Short saved with YouTube Premium never leaves the YouTube app. Here is how to put one in your Android gallery instead — in HD, with sound, from the browser you already have.
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Saving a Short on a computer takes a link and a browser — no program to install, no extension to trust. Here is how on Windows 10 and 11, on a laptop and on a Mac, and which quality to pick.
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Since iOS 26 an iPhone can take a ringtone straight from the Files app. Here is how to cut the right 30 seconds out of a YouTube Short or song and set it — and what to do on an older iPhone.
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Android takes any MP3 as a ringtone — the trick is getting the right few seconds of a YouTube song into one. Here is how, and where the setting hides on a Samsung, a Pixel and other phones.
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Neither phone’s alarm clock opens YouTube, but both take a sound file. Here is how to wake up to a YouTube song or Short on Android and on an iPhone — starting at the best part.
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