Form Timer Overview

Use the Form Timer Add-on to set a countdown for your forms

Timer for Google Forms add-on with countdown for form respondents Install

Open the Form Timer for Google Forms Add-on

Step 1: Click the Add-on button

Step 2: Click Form Timer for Google Forms

Open Form Timer from the Google Forms add-on menu

This is the user interface for the Form Timer

Set the allowed time, turn on auto-submit when time is up, and add custom instructions

Form Timer settings panel with allowed time, auto-submit when time is up, and start/end dates

Preview the interface

Intuitive and clear — when time runs out, answers are submitted automatically, and the page blocks copying to protect your questions

Countdown timer displayed to Google Forms respondents Google Forms timer alert when the time limit expires

Time recorded

Form fillers can see how long they took to fill out the form

Completion time recorded for each Google Forms response

Form creators can view data in Google Sheets™️

Automatic and efficient

Response time data from Form Timer in Google Sheets