1 minute timer
One minute is 60 seconds — long enough for a focused burst, short enough to feel easy.
Ready
Ends 1 minute after you press Start.
Keyboard: Space start or pause, R reset, F full screen.
1 minute in other units
- Seconds
- 60
- Share of an hour
- 1.7%
- 1/60 of an hour
- On the timer
- 01:00
- Back to back
- 1,440 a day
- fit exactly into 24 hours
What a 1 minute timer is good for
- Plank and wall-sit challenges. Hold for the full minute, then try to beat it next time.
- Minute-long games. Party games where players race to finish a small task before the minute is up.
- Short speeches. Time a one-minute introduction, toast or speaking drill.
- Breathing break. Take a minute of slow, steady breathing before a meeting or an exam.
Other timers
About this timer
The countdown runs against your device's clock from the moment you press Start, so it stays accurate in a background tab. The line under the digits shows the local time it will end. Pick one of ten alarm sounds, all generated in your browser (hear them on the countdown sounds page), and use full screen to read the time from across a room. Need a different length? Set a custom timer.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I set a timer for 1 minute?
This page is already set to 1 minute. Press Start, or the Space bar, and the countdown begins; when it reaches zero, the alarm sounds and the page shows Time's up. Pause stops the clock and Reset takes it back to 1 minute.
How many seconds are in 1 minute?
60 seconds, or 1/60 of an hour.
Can I add time while the timer is running?
Yes. Press +1 minute to add sixty seconds at any point, even after the alarm has gone off.
Will the alarm go off if I switch tabs?
In most desktop browsers, yes. The countdown is worked out from the real clock, and the alarm is scheduled with the browser's sound engine when you press Start, so it stays on time in a background tab. Phones can pause web pages when the screen locks, so keep the screen on — the timer asks the browser to do that where it can — and turn the volume up.