# \[Solved\] Why the clock is ticking automatically
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-why-the-clock-is-ticking-automatically/220656
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Tags:** solved
**Created:** [September 11, 2019, 4:45am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-why-the-clock-is-ticking-automatically/220656 "2019-09-11T04:45:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@terryneedsleep](https://community.thunkable.com/u/terryneedsleep)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2019, 4:45am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-why-the-clock-is-ticking-automatically/220656/1 "2019-09-11T04:45:20Z")
Hi,
Following Darren’s tutorials on creating timers. But how come the clock automatically start counting up at home screen without pressing the start button? Btw, what’s the difference between “When… opens” and “When… starts”?
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### Author:  [@terryneedsleep](https://community.thunkable.com/u/terryneedsleep)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2019, 5:55am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-why-the-clock-is-ticking-automatically/220656/2 "2019-09-11T05:55:47Z")
Btw, it seems like the help document is not working
[https://thunkable.com/explore/ai2/support/concepts/procedures.html#](https://thunkable.com/explore/ai2/support/concepts/procedures.html#)
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### Author:  [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2019, 6:37am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-why-the-clock-is-ticking-automatically/220656/3 "2019-09-11T06:37:11Z")
Hi @terryneedsleep:
Here are the docs for the Thunkable X timer:
[https://docs.thunkable.com/timer](https://docs.thunkable.com/timer)
The link you’ve posted `thunkable.com/explore/ai2/...` is a very old link from one of the first versions of Thunkable Classic.
Just out of curiosity, how did you end up getting directed to that page?
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### Author:  [@terryneedsleep](https://community.thunkable.com/u/terryneedsleep)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2019, 6:58am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-why-the-clock-is-ticking-automatically/220656/4 "2019-09-11T06:58:36Z")
@domhnallohanlon ok i’ll look at that, i used the words “thunkable control explain” on Google
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### Author:  [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2019, 7:30am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-why-the-clock-is-ticking-automatically/220656/5 "2019-09-11T07:30:27Z")
Thanks for letting me know!
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### Author:  [@eoinparkinson](https://community.thunkable.com/u/eoinparkinson)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-why-the-clock-is-ticking-automatically/220656/6 "2019-09-11T16:40:53Z")
Is your timer set to enabled? Click on the Timer icon which is located just below your design screen in browser, and on the right you will see properties like the following:
**To not start automatically turn enabled to false**. Then to turn the timer on or off use buttons in app that set _timer enabled = **true for timer on** and **false for timer off**._
You can also change the timer intervals. So if you are making say a clock that counts up every 1 second, set that interval to 1 second.
Loops means the timer keeps firing every second, or whatever you set the interval to. All these properties can be toggled by the user in the app by using the blocks from the timer component.
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### Author:  [@terryneedsleep](https://community.thunkable.com/u/terryneedsleep)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2019, 6:03am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-why-the-clock-is-ticking-automatically/220656/7 "2019-09-12T06:03:57Z")
@eoinparkinson ohhh thanks, worked! thought enabled was just to turn on this timer function
btw, what is the difference between When “opens” vs “starts”?
[https://docs.thunkable.com/control](https://docs.thunkable.com/control) doesnt seem to explain it
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### Author:  [@eoinparkinson](https://community.thunkable.com/u/eoinparkinson)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2019, 8:32am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-why-the-clock-is-ticking-automatically/220656/8 "2019-09-12T08:32:50Z")
I am unsure about those blocks but I use when opens and all the tutorials I see use this. Works for everything I do.
Glad I could help.The component is invisible so enabled or disabled you cannot see it.
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### Author:  [@terryneedsleep](https://community.thunkable.com/u/terryneedsleep)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2019, 8:55am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-why-the-clock-is-ticking-automatically/220656/9 "2019-09-12T08:55:24Z")
anyone can please explain the difference between When “opens” vs “starts”?
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### Author:  [@kartik14](https://community.thunkable.com/u/kartik14)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2019, 10:05am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-why-the-clock-is-ticking-automatically/220656/10 "2019-09-12T10:05:33Z")
I can explain… 😄
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# Starts
Starts means whenever the respective screen is opened the first time.
# Opens
Opens means everytime the screen is opened.
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Hope you understand 😊
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### Author:  [@terryneedsleep](https://community.thunkable.com/u/terryneedsleep)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2019, 11:14am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-why-the-clock-is-ticking-automatically/220656/11 "2019-09-12T11:14:53Z")
arrr ok thanks!
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### Author:  [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-why-the-clock-is-ticking-automatically/220656/12 "2024-11-08T12:09:03Z")