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Set up and Save Voicemail

Setup your regular or visual voicemail setup with the easy instructions below

iPhone Visual Voicemail set up

The following steps explain how to set up and initiate the wireless visual voicemail (VVM) service on an Apple iPhone.
Set Up VVM Password:
  1. Tap Phone.
  2. Tap Voicemail.
  3. You will be prompted to create a voicemail password.
  4. Tap Save.
  5. Re-enter password and tap Save to confirm.
Set Up VVM Greeting:
  1. Tap Phone.
  2. Tap Voicemail.
  3. Tap Greeting.
  4. Tap Custom.
  5. Tap Record to being recording.
  6. Tap Stop when completed. Tap Play to listen to the greeting.
  7. Tap Save.
Go to full iPhone Visual Voicemail Guide

Open the Phone app.

Open the Phone app.

Tap the Voicemail tab.

Tap the Voicemail tab.

Tap the voicemail you want to save.

Tap the Voicemail you want to save.

Tap the Share icon to bring up the sharing options.

Tap the Share button to bring up the Share Sheet.

From here, you have a few options about how you can save the voicemail. In the next sections, we’ll go over how to save a voicemail as an audio file in your Apple Voice Memos app, the Notes app, or your Files app.

Once you’ve followed the steps above to select the voicemail and open the Share menu, you can now save your voicemail as an audio clip in the Voice Memos app. Here’s how to save your iPhone voicemail in the Voice Memos app:

  1. From the Share menu, tap the Voice Memos app.From the Share Sheet, tap the Voice Memos app.
  2. Rename the voicemail if you’d like, and tap Save.Rename the voicemail if you’d like, and tap Save.
  3. Now when you open the Voice Memos app, the voicemail will be available for you to listen to.The voicemail will be available for you to listen to in your Voice Memos app.

If you don’t want to save your voicemail in the Voice Memos app, another option is to save the voicemail as an audio clip in your Notes app. While we often think of Notes as text and images, it can also store audio files, so you can save and play the voicemail at any time. Once you’ve followed the steps above to select the voicemail and tap the Share icon, you can then save your voicemail to the Notes app.

  1. From the Share menu, tap the Notes app.From the Share Sheet, tap the Notes app.
  2. Beneath Save To, you can select whether to save the voicemail to a new note or add it to an existing one.You’ll have the option of saving this voicemail to a new note or an existing one.
  3. Tap Save.Tap Save.
  4. Once saved, you’ll be able to listen to the voicemail whenever you would like from the Notes app.Once saved, you’ll be able to listen to the voicemail whenever you would like from the Notes app.

If you want to save a voicemail so that it can be accessed on all your devices, I recommend saving your voicemail as an audio clip in the Files app. Once you’ve completed the steps above to select the voicemail and tap the Share icon, follow the steps below to save your iPhone voicemail to the Files app.

    1. From the Share menu, scroll down and tap Save to Files.From the Share Sheet, scroll down and tap Save to Files.
    2. You’ll have the option to save the voicemail to iCloud Drive or On My iPhone. The iCloud option allows you to access the voicemail from your other devices, while saving it your phone means you can only access it from the Files app on your phone.
    3. Tap Save once you’ve chosen the voicemail’s destination.
 
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