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 built-in alarms on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac has been nine minutes since 2007. Hitting the snooze button in Apple’s Clock app delays the alarm for nine minutes, and you can’t change it. But folks who tend to oversleep complain that a 9-minute snooze is too long for them to wake up in the morning.
Starting with iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe 26 (currently in beta, launching publicly this fall), the snooze duration can be set to anywhere between one and fifteen minutes. Also, each alarm can have a different snooze duration.
For example, you may prefer a longer 15-minute snooze for your weekend morning alarm but a shorter 5-minute snooze on workdays. Follow there steps to set a custom snooze duration for Apple Clock alarms.
Set a custom snooze duration for Apple Clock alarms
- Open the Clock app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac and select the Alarms tab.
- Create a new alarm by hitting the plus button, or select an existing alarm to edit it.
- Make sure the toggle for Snooze is green, then tap Snooze Duration and pick a duration between one and fifteen minutes in one-minute increments.
- Adjust alarm time and sound, name the alarm if you want, and then save it.
As seen in the jailbreak world
Custom snooze durations for Apple Clock alarms have been available on jailbroken iPhones for over a decade, thanks to jailbreak tweaks such as Snooze and Snooze++. This is nothing new; Apple routinely gets inspiration from the world of jailbreaking for some of its features. As my colleague Anthony noted, the latest updates are no exception: iOS 26 borrows heavily from the jailbreak community.