Free online timer

Set a timer. Press start. Get on with it.

A countdown that opens ready to run, fills the screen when you need it to, and rings loudly at zero. Pick a duration below, or set your own here.

5 minutes

05:00

Shortcuts: space start or pause · R reset · F fullscreen. The alarm rings even if you switch tabs.

In short

minute-timer.com is a free online countdown timer. Every duration and every use case has its own page that opens with the right length already set, so a timer is one click away rather than a form to fill in. The timer keeps time against your device clock, works after the connection drops, and fills the screen for a room when you need it to.

Durations: 1 to 60 minutes, plus any custom length
Modes: Countdown, interval, Pomodoro, paced breathing
Alarm: Three rising tones, silent mode available
Cost: Free, no account, no install, no ads over the clock

Why a timer changes the work, not just the clock

A visible countdown does something a clock on the wall does not: it makes the end of the task real before you get there. That is why the same ten minutes feels sharper when a room can see it tick down, and why a five minute promise gets people started on jobs they have avoided for a week.

Every page on this site is one timer, already set, with the same three things: big digits, a bar that drains as the time goes, and a strip of ticks that shows how much of the block has gone. Nothing to configure before you can start.

Pick a length off the dial

Every duration sits at its real position on a clock face, so 15 minutes is at three o'clock and half an hour is at six. Click a number to open that timer.

Durations under five minutes would collide near the top of the face, so they sit on their own row in the middle.

What you get on every page

Accurate to the device clock. Switching tabs or locking the phone does not slow it down.
Fullscreen in one press. Digits scale to a monitor, a projector or a TV.
An alarm you can hear, plus vibration on phones that support it. The Pomodoro timer also chimes between phases.
Keyboard shortcuts — space to start or pause, R to reset, F for fullscreen.
No account, no email, no install.

Countdown, stopwatch or alarm?

Three tools people name interchangeably. Only one of them is what this site makes.

Starts at a length you choose and runs down to zero, where it rings. Use it when the finish is the point.

Counts up from zero and has no end point. Use it to find out how long something took.

Fires at a time of day rather than after a length. That is a clock, not a timer.

Some timers run a sequence, not one block

Pomodoro and interval training are not single countdowns — they are chains of timed phases that switch automatically. Drawn to scale, at the lengths each page opens with:

A focus block really is five times its break. Both rows are clickable.

How to read the timer

Three things move while a countdown runs, and each is aimed at a different distance from the screen.

Progress bar drains as the time goes
Digits give the exact time remaining
Tick strip stays readable from the back of a room

The tick strip exists for rooms: from the back of a class you cannot read digits, but you can see that half the bar has gone.

Questions about these timers

How accurate is an online timer?

It reads your device clock rather than counting frames, so it stays accurate to within a fraction of a second over an hour, even if the tab is in the background and the browser throttles the page.

Do I need to install anything?

No. Every timer runs in the browser tab you are already in, on any phone, tablet, laptop or smart TV browser.

Can I bookmark a specific timer?

Yes, and that is the point of separate pages. Bookmark /20-minute-timer/ and it opens with twenty minutes loaded, every time.

Are there ads over the timer?

No. No advertising is placed over or around the clock, and there are no tracking scripts on the page.

Can I keep working in another window while it runs?

Yes, and the tab title shows the remaining time, so a glance at the tab bar tells you where you are without switching back. The alarm plays whether or not the tab is in front.

Timers by length

Each duration has its own page, already set and ready to start.

Focus and study

Timeboxing, Pomodoro cycles and revision blocks.

Training

Rounds, intervals and rest between sets, switching automatically.

Calm

Sitting, breathing, stretching and winding down.

Kitchen

Pans, ovens, proves and eggs.

Rooms full of people

Lessons, exams, talks and meetings that need a visible clock.

Browse everything

Hub pages that collect the timers above.