There is provided a method for editing terminating ring tones in a mobile wireless terminal with a memory in which a plurality of melodies are stored. The method comprises displaying a bell/melody selection menu, when a terminating ring tone editing key is input by a user, displaying a bell/melody editing menu, when a bell/melody editing item on the bell/melody selection menu is selected by the user; displaying a sequence designation menu for designating an output sequence of the melodies stored in the memory, when a sequence designation item on the bell/melody editing menu is selected by the user; and setting the output sequence of the melodies according to the sequence designated by the user, and storing the melodies in the memory in the set output sequence.