How to lower volume past lowest volume on iphone?

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How to lower volume past lowest volume on iphone?

Hello,

My problem is that the lowest volume my iphone can achieve is still uncomfortable and too loud for my ears when I'm using my headphones.

Is there a way to minimize the volume even more than the volume slider can go?

I've already set spotify's volume to the lowest it can go and my headphones don't have any companion app I can mess with.

On my old android phone I was able to lower the volume more than the buttons could through a feature called something like "individual app volume", but I've scoured both my settings and the internet and I have not found any feature like this for my iphone.

Thanks!

iPhone SE, iOS 17

Posted on Nov 9, 2023 04:07 PM

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Yang576

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Jan 25, 2024 10:23 PM in response to Lynnxx484

This question has been posted too many times on the community.

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But there is no fix. Not until Apple engineers decide to do something. But Apple engineers do not visit the community.

On iPod nano (7th generation) has a setting called volume limit. Which when enabled, will rescale the normal volume slider. This means the minimum volume becomes lower with volume limit on. The exact same setting used to be in iOS up until iOS 11. But in iOS 12, this setting was replaced with headphone safety (a.k.a. reduce loud sounds), which only clips the max volume but does not change the minimum volume.

I recommend getting an old iPhone for your purpose. An iPhone 5 would allow you to use the volume limit feature to lower the minimum volume on the iPhone.

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Nov 9, 2023 04:38 PM in response to Lynnxx484

Here are various places to review your Volume Settings.

Adjust the volume on iPhone - Apple Support

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Lynnxx484 Author

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Nov 9, 2023 04:48 PM in response to MsPamelaM2

Thanks! I read through that article earlier but it looks like I misread the part about the headphone safety feature. I slid the toggle the other way to 100 decibles and it made it easier to listen to!

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Jun 21, 2024 02:25 PM in response to Lynnxx484

Mine is iPhone 11 and IOS17.5.1. I happened to find this

solution. When clicking the side volume button to the minimum setting, a volume

bar appears on the display. You can press and hold the bar and slide it up and

down for infinite steps.

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Jul 1, 2024 01:41 PM in response to Lynnxx484

Found this YouTube video that actually fixed the problem. Maybe not down to 1% volume, but somewhere between 2-3%. Which is lower than the lowest volume you are able to achieve with the volume buttons.

Solution

Simply go to the control center and press/hold the volume bar, and swipe down. You are then able to swipe the volume bar lower.

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Link to the video who should have credits: https://youtu.be/P0jBS-BUkVk?si=7GnXvtXisDnXlQ5R

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Katana-San

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Jun 21, 2024 02:45 PM in response to current66

Hello~ This question was asked and answered last year…

~Katana-San~

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