# How to Combine Voice Memos and Audio Files on iPhone

Updated: November 12, 2026

Actions: Price: Free. Platforms: macOS, iOS, visionOS. Get it from: [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/id1586435171). Requires macOS, iOS, or visionOS 26 or later. Free older versions for macOS 15, 14, 13, and 12: [download](https://sindresorhus.com/actions#older-versions).

URL: https://sindresorhus.com/guides/combine-audio-files-iphone

Voice Memos and the Files app cannot join recordings. Make a shortcut with the “Combine Audio Files” action of [Actions](https://sindresorhus.com/actions), a free app, and it joins the files that you pick into one M4A file.

## With Actions

1. Install [Actions](https://sindresorhus.com/actions), and open it once.
1. In the Shortcuts app, tap the add button to make a new shortcut.
1. Add the “Select File” action. Tap the arrow in the action, and turn on “Select Multiple”.
1. Add the “Combine Audio Files” action of Actions. It gets the selected files.
1. Add the “Save File” action.
1. Run the shortcut, and pick the files in the order that you want them. Then choose where to save the combined file.

It works with M4A, MP3, WAV, and AIFF files, also mixed, and needs at least two files. To use voice memos, first save each one to Files: in Voice Memos, tap the recording, share it, and tap “Save to Files”. iOS gives a shortcut action 30 seconds, so very long recordings may not finish.

The “Combine Videos” action of Actions [joins videos](https://sindresorhus.com/guides/combine-videos-iphone) the same way.

## Without an app

iPhone has no built-in way to combine audio files. Apple’s free [GarageBand](https://apps.apple.com/app/garageband/id408709785) app can: import the recordings into one track, put them one after the other, and share the song as an audio file.

GarageBand is good when you also want to edit or mix the audio. The shortcut is faster when you only want to join files.