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A Voice ID is the unique code ElevenLabs gives each voice. To find one, open My Voices, click the three-dot More actions menu on the voice, and choose Copy voice ID. Then paste that ID into a text-to-speech API call, or anywhere a voice is picked by ID instead of by name. Checked 5 Nov 2026.
Best for: Developers, automation builders, and creators who call the ElevenLabs API or connect a voice to another tool, and need to pin one exact voice by its ID.
Not for: Anyone generating speech on the ElevenLabs website, where you pick a voice by name from a list — you never type an ID there.
Starting price: Free $0 (checked 5 Nov 2026) — 10,000 credits a month. See the full plan comparison for Free, Starter, Creator, and Pro.
What is a Voice ID?
A Voice ID is a short code that identifies one voice in ElevenLabs. Every voice has its own ID: the premade voices in the library, voices you clone, voices made with Voice Design, and voices you save from the Voice Library. Two voices can share a name, but they never share an ID, so the ID is the exact way to point at one voice.
The ID matters most when you leave the website player. On the website you click a voice name; in code you pass the ID. The text-to-speech API takes the Voice ID in the address of the request, and the list-voices endpoint returns the ID with each voice. The ID is not a secret and not a password: it identifies the voice, not your account. Your account is identified by your API key, which goes in a separate header.
How to find a Voice ID on the website
Finding an ID takes four clicks and costs nothing. No credits are used, because looking at My Voices is an account page, not a generation.
Step 1: Log in and open My Voices
Log in at elevenlabs.io and open My Voices from the left sidebar. This is your list of voices: the ones you made, the ones you cloned, and the ones you saved from the library. Cost: $0, no credits used.
Step 2: Find the voice
Find the voice in the list. The list shows each voice’s name, and you can search by name if you have many. If the voice is not in My Voices, save it from the Voice Library first — the Copy voice ID option lives in My Voices, not in the public library list. Cost: $0.
Step 3: Click More actions (three dots)
Click the three-dot More actions button on the voice’s row. A menu opens with Copy voice ID, Add to collection, Edit voice, View history, and Delete voice. Cost: $0.
Step 4: Select Copy voice ID
Select Copy voice ID. The ID is copied to your clipboard, ready to paste into an API call, a script, or an integration. You do not need to write it down by hand, and you do not need to open the voice first. Cost: $0.
How to list all Voice IDs with the API
If you have many voices, copying one ID at a time is slow. The List voices endpoint returns every voice on your account with its ID in one call: GET https://api.elevenlabs.io/v2/voices. Each voice in the reply carries its voice_id, name, category, labels, description, and settings such as stability and similarity boost.
You can narrow the list with filters: voice_type (personal, community, default, workspace), category (premade, cloned, generated, professional), and gender, age, language, and accent. The reply is paged: page_size defaults to 10 and caps at 100, and you can pass up to 100 voice IDs in the voice_ids filter to fetch details for a set of voices you already know. The xi-api-key header is optional for public voices, and required for your own private voices.
How to use a Voice ID in a text-to-speech call
The main place a Voice ID is used is the text-to-speech endpoint: POST https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/text-to-speech/{voice_id}. Replace {voice_id} with the ID you copied. The request body carries the text and the model; the docs use model_id eleven_multilingual_v2 as the default, and the reply is audio, in mp3_44100_128 format by default.
The docs’ own example call uses the voice ID JBFqnCBsd6RMkjVDRZzb with the text “The first move is what sets everything in motion.” That ID is an example from the docs, not a voice on your account — use the ID you copied from My Voices for your own voice. If you want to check a single voice before you use it, the Get voice endpoint (GET /v1/voices/{voice_id}) returns that voice’s details, including its settings.
Keep the ID and the API key apart. The Voice ID goes in the request address and picks the voice. The API key goes in the xi-api-key header and proves the call is yours. Mixing them up is the most common reason a call fails: an ID in the header does nothing, and a key in the address picks no voice.
Voice ID vs API key: what is the difference?
A Voice ID names a voice. An API key names your account. You need the key to call the API at all, and you need the ID to say which voice should speak. The free plan includes 10,000 credits a month, and the API calls that use a Voice ID spend credits the same way the website does — the free plan guide explains the 10,000-credit limit and what happens when it runs out.
Which voices have a Voice ID?
Every voice has one. Premade voices, cloned voices, generated voices, and professional clones all carry an ID, and the ID stays the same for that voice. If you clone a voice twice, the two clones are two voices with two different IDs, even if they sound alike. That is why the ID is the safe way to pick a voice in code: a name can match more than one voice, an ID cannot.
The Voice Library guide explains how to browse the public library and save a voice to My Voices. A voice saved from the library does not take up one of your custom voice slots, and it still has an ID you can copy the same way. If you clone your own voice, the clone voice guide covers the steps and the cost.
What to do if Copy voice ID is missing
First, check where you are. The Copy voice ID option lives in My Voices. In the public Voice Library list, the same row shows different options, so open My Voices from the left sidebar and try the three-dot menu there. Second, check that the voice is saved: a library voice you have not saved has no row in My Voices to copy from. Third, if a voice was removed from the Voice Library after you saved it, you cannot save it to My Voices again — but a voice already in your list keeps its ID.
ElevenLabs plans and Voice ID access
A Voice ID works on every plan, including Free. The plan changes how many credits you have to spend on the speech you generate, not whether you can copy an ID. The plan set I read on the official pricing page on 5 Nov 2026 is Free, Starter, Creator, and Pro.
| Plan | Price | Credits a month | Voice ID access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 (checked 5 Nov 2026) | 10,000 credits | Yes — copy and use |
| Starter | $6/mo (checked 5 Nov 2026) | 30,000 credits | Yes — copy and use |
| Creator | $22/mo (checked 5 Nov 2026) | 121,000 credits | Yes — copy and use |
| Pro | $99/mo (checked 5 Nov 2026) | 600,000 credits | Yes — copy and use |
Starter’s first month is shown at $1 until Nov 8 when checked on 5 Nov 2026, then $6 a month. The credits guide explains how credits are spent on each generation.
Pros
• Copying an ID takes three clicks and costs nothing.
• One ID pins one exact voice — names can repeat, IDs cannot.
• The List voices endpoint returns every ID on the account in one call.
• The same ID works on the website, in the API, and in integrations.
• Every plan, including Free, can copy and use Voice IDs.
Cons
• You must be logged in and in My Voices; the option is not in the public library list.
• An ID on its own makes no sound — it only works inside a call or a tool that accepts it.
• The API call that uses the ID spends credits, so a wrong ID wastes a generation.
• IDs are long codes that are easy to paste into the wrong place; the key and the ID look alike at a glance.
• If a saved library voice is removed from the library, you cannot save it to My Voices again.
Who should NOT use it
This guide does not help if you only generate speech on the ElevenLabs website: pick the voice by name and skip the ID entirely. It also does not help if you need a voice that does not exist yet — an ID belongs to a voice that is already in My Voices, so clone or design the voice first. And if your goal is to change how a voice sounds, the ID is the wrong tool: the voice settings and the model choice change the sound, not the ID.
Frequently asked questions
How do I find my Voice ID on ElevenLabs?
Open My Voices, click the three-dot More actions menu on the voice, and select Copy voice ID. The ID is copied to your clipboard. It costs nothing and uses no credits. If the voice is not in My Voices, save it from the Voice Library first.
What is a Voice ID used for?
A Voice ID tells ElevenLabs which voice to use when the voice is picked by code instead of by name. The main use is the text-to-speech API, where the ID goes in the request address: POST /v1/text-to-speech/{voice_id}. Integrations and scripts use the same ID.
Can I use a Voice ID without an API key?
On the website, yes: copying an ID needs no key. For API calls, the key proves the call is yours and the ID picks the voice. Public voices can be listed without a key, but your own private voices need the xi-api-key header.
Is a Voice ID the same as an API key?
No. The Voice ID identifies one voice; the API key identifies your account. The ID goes in the request address of a text-to-speech call, and the key goes in the xi-api-key header. Swapping them is the most common reason a call fails.
How do I list all my Voice IDs at once?
Call GET https://api.elevenlabs.io/v2/voices. The reply lists every voice on your account with its voice_id, name, category, and settings. You can filter by type, category, gender, age, language, and accent, and set page_size up to 100.
Does copying a Voice ID cost credits?
No. Copying an ID is free and uses no credits on any plan, including Free. Credits are spent when you generate speech with the ID — for example, a text-to-speech call — not when you copy or list it.
Sources checked
Official pages checked on 5 Nov 2026: the Help Center article on finding a Voice ID, the List voices API reference, the Create speech API reference, and the official pricing page. Voice ID steps and prices in this post come from those pages on that date.
Last updated 5 Nov 2026. Prices checked on the official pricing page on that date; confirm at checkout.