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Mattressman03
User level: Level 1 (4 points)

How to move a Voice Memo to the Music app for looping on iPhone?

I have a voice memo on my iPhone (and iPad) that I would like to get into the Music app so I can play the memo on a loop. I have seen people address this issue but no posts are recent information. I tried syncing my iPad to my PC to see if I could get it to save in the music app, and I saw it on my iPad when it was connected, but I do not see the file now. I want a solution to help me get the ability to play the voice memo on a loop on my phone.


Thank you in advance.

Posted on Sep 17, 2026 1:00 PM

2 replies

Phil0124
User level: Level 10 (242,520 points)

Sep 17, 2026 2:21 PM in response to Mattressman03

Assuming by PC, you mean a Windows PC, it's not a simple process to get the voice memo file ot a Pcf you can then sync backk to the iPhone to get into the Music App.


You will need to first extract the voice memo from ther Voice Memo's app, if its not too large, you may be able to email it to yourself.


  1. On your iPhone, open the voice memo app, select the voice memo and tap on the ... dots at the top rght. click on Share and then on the Mail app to attach it to an email. Enter your email address for an account you can access on your Windows PC and send the email.
  2. Once you receive the email on your PC, then save the voice memo attachment to a folder on your PC.
  3. Open the iTunes app or the Music app, depending on what you have installed, and go to the File Menu ➜ Import option and navigate to the voie memo file you saved to import it into the Music App. Once its been import it, you can edit its data by right clicking on it and selecting Get Info from the menu. You can enter as many or as few details as you want and give it picture or album art if you want to.
  4. Once you have the file as you want it, you can sync it to the iPhone and it will get added ot the Music App.
    1. click here ➜ Sync music between your Windows device and iPhone, iPad, or iPod - Apple Support



Alternatively if you cannot email it to yourself for any reason, you can save it as a File in the Files App in a folder on iCloud Drive and access the file at https://icloud.com/drive and download it form there, and proceed to step 3 to import it into iTunes or the Music app and continue from there.



Mattressman03 Author
User level: Level 1 (4 points)

Sep 17, 2026 4:22 PM in response to Phil0124

Thank you for the detailed response! I tried some of that previously and got frustrated last night when I could not get my PC (yes Windows) to connect to my phone. I gave in this am and downloaded the VLC app and had the loop up and running in no time. I appreciate the help! Hopefully this post will help others in the future.

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256359230