Time & Date

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

Countdown

New Year 2027

00

Days

00

Hours

00

Mins

00

Secs

100% of year complete

The real Countdown widget, running live. Drag it around.

What it’s for

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

Settings

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

OnOff

Compact layout

OnOff

Show percentage

OnOff

Advanced

Show labels

OnOff

Zero pad

OnOff

Expired message

Any value you like · starts at Event passed!

Alert on expiry

OnOff

Alert sound

defaultchimebellbeepyour own clip
Setup

Getting Countdown on your desktop

  1. 01

    Install

    Download and run the installer. No account, no sign-in.

  2. 02

    Add the widget

    Hit Add Widget, or press Ctrl+K and search for it by name.

  3. 03

    Make it yours

    Drag it where you want, resize it, and set the options below.

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