Countdown widget for Windows
Point it at a date and watch it shrink. Show seconds or keep it to days, add a percentage bar if the elapsed proportion matters more than the raw number, and set your own message for when it hits zero.
Free · Windows 10 and 11 · No account required
The real Countdown widget, running live. Drag it around.
What Countdown is good for
The everyday jobs this widget was built to handle.
Count down to a deadline, a launch, or a holiday
Show how much of a project window has already elapsed
Get an alert the moment the countdown expires
Every Countdown setting
8 options, set per widget - so two copies of Countdown on the same dashboard can behave completely differently. Highlighted values are the defaults.
Show seconds
Compact layout
Show percentage
Advanced
Show labels
Zero pad
Expired message
Any value you like · starts at Event passed!
Alert on expiry
Alert sound
Getting Countdown on your desktop
- 01
Install
Download and run the installer. No account, no sign-in.
- 02
Add the widget
Hit Add Widget, or press Ctrl+K and search for it by name.
- 03
Make it yours
Drag it where you want, resize it, and set the options below.
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Countdown is one of 83 widgets
They all live on the same customizable dashboard, with themes, multiple screens, and native Windows notifications. Free.
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