5 Minute Timer

05:00

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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.

Five minutes is the most requested timer length there is. It is the standard short break, the length of a warm up, the pause before a meeting starts, and the amount of time most people give a task they have been avoiding.

If five minutes is your regular break, copy the share link once and bookmark it. Opening the bookmark sets the timer straight back to five minutes with your alarm sound already chosen.

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 many seconds is five minutes?

Three hundred.

Why is five minutes the break length everyone uses?

It is long enough to stand up, look away from the screen and drink something, and short enough that you come back. It is also the break that pairs with a twenty five minute focus block.

Can I get straight back to five minutes tomorrow?

Yes. Bookmark this page, or use Copy link in the sharing panel. Either one opens with five minutes already set and your alarm sound already chosen.