# How to make a screen timer

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-make-a-screen-timer/1583770>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** timer, airtable\
**Created:** [October 27, 2021, 9:40am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-make-a-screen-timer/1583770 "2021-10-27T09:40:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![itzvinie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb9ed0/32.png) [@itzvinie](https://community.thunkable.com/u/itzvinie)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 9:40am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-make-a-screen-timer/1583770/1 "2021-10-27T09:40:26Z")

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Am not too familiar with the timer component ,but I want to be able to set specific time in a cloud Variable and when it’s \<0 from the \*time\_Viewer the timer should be triggered and an action should be taken.  
The user is either shut out of the screen or a spreadsheet data previously retrieved shouldn’t be unavailable.  
Thanks for your help so far

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**Author:** ![versatile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c68b51/32.png) [@versatile](https://community.thunkable.com/u/versatile)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-make-a-screen-timer/1583770/2 "2022-07-23T03:46:11Z")

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Anyone on this to help?

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**Author:** ![zander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecb155/32.png) [@zander](https://community.thunkable.com/u/zander)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 4:35am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-make-a-screen-timer/1583770/3 "2022-07-23T04:35:49Z")

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This might be useful to you

> [@I want to make a timer function](https://community.thunkable.com/t/i-want-to-make-a-timer-function/1774275):
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> I will make the user see the advertisement video. Click the ad every 4 hours to get an item. So I set the timer to 4 hours. I want to watch the advertisement video when the advertisement button is clicked, and to turn on the timer when the advertisement video ends. Advertisements cannot be clicked again while the timer is on. After 4 hours, I want to activate the advertisement button again. What should I do?

Or this one

> [@Help build a timer that works when the screen is locked](https://community.thunkable.com/t/help-build-a-timer-that-works-when-the-screen-is-locked/1238064):
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> The timer is ready and working. But every time the user locks the screen the timer stops. Is there a way for the timer to continue working when the screen is locked?

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-make-a-screen-timer/1583770/4 "2024-11-08T13:14:38Z")

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