# Watch countdown

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/watch-countdown/1476100>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [August 30, 2021, 3:31am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/watch-countdown/1476100 "2021-08-30T03:31:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ozel1978](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ec8ea/32.png) [@ozel1978](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ozel1978)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 3:31am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/watch-countdown/1476100/1 "2021-08-30T03:31:47Z")

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Hi All,

i have created watch countdown about 5 second and it decreased to 0.

how to do every time click on button it will start all over again without to wait number become 0.

this block working only one click, second time it will show NaN

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/4/c/4c54714d6c805b3973a81ecc598481f91f2db297.png)

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**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 6:19am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/watch-countdown/1476100/2 "2021-08-30T06:19:07Z")

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In Button5 Click you need both

- `set Timer2 Enabled to True`
- `set countlabel Text to` and give the number of seconds such as 5

This will make it work every time.

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**Author:** ![ozel1978](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ec8ea/32.png) [@ozel1978](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ozel1978)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 6:25am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/watch-countdown/1476100/3 "2021-08-30T06:25:37Z")

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That worked bro Muneer. Thank you for your help.

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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:** [August 19, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/watch-countdown/1476100/4 "2022-08-19T19:12:43Z")

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You can simply mark this as Solved, since this has been the solution

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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, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/watch-countdown/1476100/5 "2024-11-08T13:17:03Z")

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