The fifteen minute rule
Commit to fifteen minutes on the task you keep avoiding. It is short enough to agree to and long enough to break the back of it.
Free online timer
Online 15 minute timer for a focused quarter hour.
A free, full-screen 15 minute timer with a visual countdown and a soft chime. No sign-up, no ads. Set it, start it, focus.
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Best for
What a 15 minute timer is genuinely good for.
A focused email or admin block
Batch the small stuff into one quarter-hour sprint instead of letting it leak across the whole day.
A tidy-up reset
Fifteen minutes is enough to clear a desk, a kitchen, or a corner of the chaos and feel the difference.
Study and revision sprints
Short, timed bursts are easier to repeat than marathon sessions, and far kinder to a brain that drifts.
Fifteen minutes is enough to get unstuck.
Big tasks freeze you because the finish line is invisible. A 15 minute timer moves the finish line right up close: you are not finishing the whole thing, you are just working until the chime.
Once the quarter hour is up you get to choose again. Stop, take a break, or run another fifteen. Either way you broke the freeze, which was always the hardest part.
About this 15 minute timer.
Fifteen minutes is a proper block of focus without the weight of a long session. It is the classic length for the "just fifteen minutes" approach to anything you have been dreading, and long enough to get genuinely stuck into a task.
This 15 minute timer lives in your browser. The countdown ring shows your quarter hour at a glance and keeps time accurately even when the tab is in the background.
Questions
15 minute timer questions.
Is the 15 minute timer free to use?
Yes. It is free, with no sign-up and no ads. Open the page and press start.
Will it keep timing if I change tabs?
Yes. The timer counts down against the real clock, so it is accurate in the background, and the remaining time appears in the tab title.
Does it chime at the end?
Yes, a soft chime plays when the fifteen minutes are up, gentle rather than startling.
Can I set a different length?
You can add a minute at a time with the plus button, or head to the main timer page to pick any length you like.
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