Countdown Timers for Google Slides™

Put countdown timers for google slides on any slide: count up and live clock with sound. Presentation timer for classrooms & talks.

⏱️ Countdown Timers for Google Slides™ turn plain text on your slides into a live countdown, a stopwatch or a clock while you present. Type a short code in any text box, start the slideshow, and it comes to life in the color and size of your text. No videos to embed, no second screen, no copy-pasting from other sites. Everything happens inside the presentation you already made. 🚀 Quick start 1. Click Add to Chrome to install the google slides timer extension, then open any deck. 2. Copy a ready-made code from the extension menu, or type one like <<05:00->> in a text box. 3. Start the slideshow — the countdown starts on its own. 4. Click it to pause, click again to continue. ✨ What you can put on a slide ➤ A countdown for any slide: one minute, five minutes, half an hour, any length you need. ➤ A count up timer that shows how long a section or a talk has been running. ➤ A live clock with the current time and date, in 12-hour or 24-hour format. ➤ A visual bar or a shrinking circle that children can read without knowing numbers. ➤ A timer with sound: a soft chime or a bell when time is up. ➤ Separate clocks per slide, plus one total for the whole presentation. 🎯 Who uses Countdown Timers for Google Slides - Teachers who need a classroom timer for tests, group work and quick warm-ups. - Students with extended time who want their own countdown next to the main one. - Speakers and trainers who keep a talk on schedule with a speaker timer. - Teams running standups, retros and workshops with a visible meeting timer. - Offices and lobbies that show the current time on a looping slideshow. 📌 Why this google slides timer is different 1️⃣ It works right after install. The extension wakes up in presentations that were already open, so there is nothing to restart. 2️⃣ Pause and resume are always available, and seconds can be hidden with one checkbox. 3️⃣ No need to memorize codes: build a timer in the extension menu and copy it in one click. Old codes like <<05:00->> and <<time>> still work, so existing decks keep running. 4️⃣ The timer takes the color and size of your text, right where you typed the code. 5️⃣ Full screen and presenter view are supported: the audience sees the live timer. ⚙️ Timer options ▸ Start automatically, or wait for a click. ▸ Move to the next slide when time is up. ▸ Show minutes only, or minutes and seconds. ▸ Pick a sound, or stay silent. ▸ Choose a bar, a circle or plain digits. 💡 Ideas for the classroom • A 5 minute timer for google slides during a quiz, so everyone sees the time left. • A one minute countdown for a think-pair-share moment. • A 10 minute timer google slides break, with a chime at the end. • A fun circle for younger kids who cannot read a clock yet. • A clock on the morning slide, so the class knows when the bell rings. 🖥️ Ideas for talks and meetings → Put a presentation timer on the first slide and a shorter one on each section. → Watch how long the Q&A has been going with a count up timer. → Keep the total length of the talk in the corner of every page. → Give every speaker a fair slot with a conference timer. 🧩 Works with the decks you already have Nothing has to be rebuilt. Open an old file, start the slideshow, and every countdown, clock and date shows up as before. Colleagues who never learned the codes can copy a ready-made one from the extension menu in seconds. 🎨 Looks like part of your deck Because the code sits in your own text box, the timer takes the color and size of your text and stays where you put it: in a corner or in the middle of the screen, at the size the back row can read. 🔒 Privacy first Timers for google slides run locally in your browser. The extension works only on Google Slides pages. It does not read your browsing history, your mail or the content of your slides beyond the short codes it replaces. No account, no sign-in, no tracking. ❓ Frequently asked questions 📍 How do I add a timer to Google Slides? Open the presentation, copy a code from the extension menu or type one such as <<03:00->> in a text box, then start the slideshow. It appears in present mode. 📍 Can I use my old codes? Yes. Codes for countdowns, count ups, time and date in the <<...>> format keep working, so there is no need to edit old files. 📍 Can I pause it? Yes, click it or press the pause key. Click again to continue. 📍 Can it play a sound when time is up? If you want it to. Choose a chime, a bell or silence in the settings. 📍 Does it work in presenter view? Yes. In presenter view the timers for google slides run on the audience screen, and in full screen too. 📍 Do I need to restart Chrome after install? No. Open presentations are picked up automatically. 📍 Does it work on a shared or published deck? The codes are replaced while you present from the editor, which covers lessons, meetings and conference talks. Add Countdown Timers for Google Slides™ to Chrome and give every slide a clear, visible sense of time. Google Slides™ is a trademark of Google LLC. This extension is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google.