45 Second Timer

05:00

Work
Rest
Rounds
Date
Time
Time is up

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The countdown is anchored to a finish time, so it stays exact even if the tab is in the background. Press Test sound once so the browser lets audio play. Space starts and pauses, L takes a lap, R resets.

Forty five seconds is the working interval in most high intensity circuit routines, paired with a fifteen second changeover. It is also roughly how long proper hand washing takes if you do it without rushing.

If you are running repeated rounds, turn on Repeat automatically in the settings panel and the countdown restarts itself each time it ends.

A free online timer, stopwatch and countdown clock that runs entirely in your browser. No account, nothing to install.

It keeps working offline once loaded, and you can add it to your home screen like an app. Your settings stay in your own browser.

Press Voice control and allow microphone access, then speak normally. Your speech is handled by your browser's own speech service, and nothing is stored by this page. Allow the microphone once and switch this on once, and it stays on as you move around the whole site, in this tab or a new one. It switches itself off after an hour of not being used. The button always shows whether it is listening, and tapping it stops it for good.

  • "set a timer for ten minutes" starts a ten minute countdown
  • "five minutes thirty seconds" any duration, in hours, minutes or seconds
  • "half an hour" and "a minute and a half" are understood too
  • "start" or "resume" starts or continues the current timer
  • "pause" holds it where it is
  • "reset" clears it back to the set time
  • "stop" silences the alarm when it is ringing
  • "snooze" gives you five more minutes
  • "stopwatch" switches to the stopwatch, "lap" records a lap
  • "intervals" switches to the interval timer
  • "add five minutes" creates an extra timer alongside the first. It only stacks a timer when you say add, another or extra, so "ten second timer" sets the main one
  • "clear all timers" removes any extra timers you stacked up
  • "full screen" makes the display fill the screen
  • EnterStart, from the duration box
  • SpaceStart or pause
  • LRecord a lap in stopwatch mode
  • RReset
  • EscSilence the alarm, or leave full screen

How do I run forty five seconds on and fifteen off?

Use the interval timer. It runs work and rest as one sequence and counts your rounds, so nothing needs restarting by hand. This page runs the forty five second block on its own.

How many rounds of forty five seconds fit into ten minutes?

Thirteen, with fifteen seconds to spare. Add a fifteen second changeover after each one and a round takes a full minute, so ten rounds fill ten minutes exactly.

Does hand washing really take this long?

Guidance puts the scrubbing itself at around twenty seconds, and closer to forty five once you include wetting, soaping and rinsing without rushing. Running the timer is the quickest way to find out how much you were rushing.