Free Teams meeting timer
A Teams meeting timer that floats over your share.
Set the timer here, float it over your screen and share your screen in Teams. Everyone sees the countdown over your slides, the amber warning and the red overtime. It runs in Edge or Chrome next to the Teams app, so there's no Teams app for IT to approve.
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Open it as a window and share just that window from the call, or go full screen on a second display. In Chrome or Edge on a computer it can also float on top of everything you share.
SpaceStart or pauseNNext+ / −A minute more or lessRResetPPop outFFull screen
What are you timing?
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Make it yours
Forgot blue
Digits
Progress
Floating window
When time runs low
Turn amber with this much left
So whoever is talking knows to wrap up. Turns shorter than that warn at a third of their time.
How to show a countdown in a Teams meeting.
- 1Set the timer up herePick a countdown, an agenda or a standup, set the minutes and give it a label.
- 2Float it over your screenPress Float over my screen in Edge or Chrome. A small window opens on top of Teams and everything else. Drag it into a corner.
- 3Share your screen in TeamsClick Share in the meeting controls and pick Screen, not Window. Turn on Include sound first if you want the call to hear the chime.
- 4Start itPress Start, or Space. Everyone sees the minutes go down, then amber when time runs low and red when it's up, without anyone saying a word.
Four timers, one floating window.
Switch between them at the top of the timer. Each one remembers its own minutes, names and items.
Countdown
One block of time: a focus session, a workshop exercise, a break, a talk. Amber near the end, red past zero.
Agenda
A timer for every item, with what's next on screen. Press Next when an item ends early; the rail shows what's done.
Standup
Names in speaking order, shuffled every round if you like. Everyone gets the same turn, and the next name is always showing.
Stopwatch
Counts up with no limit, for open-ended sessions: you'll know exactly how long that brainstorm took.
Make it look like it's yours.
It's on everyone's screen for the whole meeting, so it might as well look good. Pick a look, a typeface and how it shows progress.
- Design review24:59
Bold
- Ava01:12
Serif
- Lightning talk04:30
Thin
- Retro09:41
Mono
- 1:115:00
Paper
- Your gradient30:00
Your colors
Floats over everything
Pop it out and it stays on top of your slides, your editor and the call, in Chrome and Edge. Drag it anywhere, resize it from the edges.
Ten looks, or your own
Gradients, Forgot blue, Midnight, Paper, Terminal, or pick your own color or gradient. The text color adjusts so it stays readable.
Four typefaces
Bold, thin, mono or serif digits, sized to fill whatever window it's in, from a corner of your screen to a wall display.
Progress your way
A bar along the bottom, a wash that drains behind the digits, a ring next to them, or nothing at all.
Buttons that get out of the way
While it runs, the controls fade until you move the mouse, so the shared screen shows only the time.
Keyboard first
Space starts and pauses, N moves on, plus and minus add or take a minute, R resets, P pops it out, F goes full screen.
Shows when it ends
“Ends 10:45 AM” in the corner, worked out from what's left of every item, so the room knows when it's free.
A link for the team
Copy a link with every setting in it, so whoever runs tomorrow's meeting opens the same timer, names and look.
Presenting with PowerPoint Live?
PowerPoint Live sends the deck itself to the meeting, not your screen, so nothing floating on your screen goes with it. When you want the timer over your slides, share your Screen and run the slideshow there.
If you'd rather keep PowerPoint Live, leave the timer floating on your side where only you see it. You still get the amber warning, and you can say “two minutes left” out loud.
Teams calls that end when the invite says.
Outlook can shorten meetings for you: in its calendar options, turn on ending meetings early and a 30-minute meeting becomes 25. Set the timer to match, and people get five minutes to walk to the next call.
In a big Teams call, the person talking can't see who's waiting to speak and nobody wants to interrupt. A shared agenda timer does it for everyone: the item's minutes are on screen, and Next moves the meeting on.
The meeting that runs best is the one everyone can make.
Forgot shows the whole team's time off, public holidays and on-call on one board, so you book the meeting on a day people are in, not the week half the team is away.
Try it free for 14 daysMore for meetings: the meeting cost calculator has a live ticker that floats over your screen share the same way, the retrospective games come with timed agendas, and the 1:1 questions fill the time you saved.
Questions
How do I show a countdown timer in a Teams meeting?
Set the timer up on this page and press Float over my screen in Edge or Chrome. In Teams, click Share and pick Screen. The floating timer sits on top of everything you share, so the whole meeting sees it.
Do I need to install a Teams app?
No. The timer is a web page that runs in Edge or Chrome, so there's nothing for your Teams admin to approve. It works on any Teams plan.
Why can't people see the timer when I share a window?
Sharing a window sends only that window to the call, and the timer floats outside it. Pick Screen in the share tray instead, or open the timer as a window and share that window when the timer is all you want to show.
Does it work with the Teams desktop app on Mac and Windows?
Yes. The timer runs in Edge or Chrome, and the Teams desktop app shares your whole screen with the floating window on it. Teams in the browser works the same way.
Does it work with PowerPoint Live in Teams?
Not for the audience: PowerPoint Live shares the deck, not your screen. Share your Screen and run the slideshow there to show the timer over your slides, or keep it floating on your side as a speaker timer.