Online Timer
Set a countdown for cooking, workouts, study sessions, meetings or games. Choose any time or a one-tap preset, pause when you need to, and hear an alarm when time is up.
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How to use online timer
- 1Enter hours, minutes and seconds, or tap a preset such as 5 or 25 minutes.
- 2Press Start. The time left also shows in the browser tab title.
- 3Pause and Resume as needed, or Reset to start over.
- 4When the countdown reaches zero, an alarm plays — untick the sound option for a silent timer.
About this tool
The timer works out its finish time the moment you press Start and counts down to that exact time, so it stays accurate even if the browser slows the page in a background tab. The remaining time is shown in the tab title, so you can keep an eye on it while working in another tab.
The alarm is a short beep generated by your browser — there's no sound file to download. Some phones won't play sound if the device is on silent, and browsers may pause background tabs on phones to save battery, so keep the page open and on screen for anything critical.
A 25-minute preset is included for the Pomodoro technique: 25 minutes of focused work followed by a short break. The timer runs entirely in your browser.
Frequently asked questions
On a computer, yes — the alarm plays in a background tab and the tab title shows the countdown. On phones, browsers may pause pages that aren't on screen, so keep the timer visible.
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