★ Step right up · free forever ★
2 minute timer
Two minutes, loaded and ready. Press start.
Ready
02:00Add or take time off while it runs with the buttons under the clock. The countdown is worked out from the clock, so a tab left in the background comes back correct.
The end sound is generated in your browser, so nothing is downloaded and it works offline.
Space start or pause · R reset · F full screen
No signup · No accounts · Free forever
Activity presets
Two minutes is the length dentists commonly recommend for brushing your teeth, long enough to actually cover every surface rather than the roughly-30-seconds most people default to without a timer running. It is also a fair length for a quiz round's conferring time, a quick icebreaker answer, or timing a short presentation slot.
This page loads with the countdown already set to two minutes, so there is nothing to configure before you start. Full screen mode keeps the number readable from across a bathroom, a classroom or a meeting room, and silent mode swaps the chime for a flashing red screen if a sound would be out of place.
Need a different length? The full timer page has quick presets from ten seconds to ten minutes plus a custom field for anything else, and pairs well with charades cards, bingo cards and word searches if you are running a game rather than a work session.
FAQ
Is this timer free?
Yes, completely, no signup, no account and no limit on how many times you run it. Pick it and press start.
Why two minutes for brushing teeth?
It is the length commonly recommended for covering all the surfaces of your teeth properly, rather than the shorter time most people brush for when nothing is keeping track. Running a visible countdown is a simple way to actually hit it.
Does it keep correct time in a background tab?
Yes. The countdown is worked out from the clock rather than counted tick by tick, so a tab you switched away from comes back showing the correct time even if the browser paused it while it was hidden.