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Countdown timer and time limit for Google Forms™: timed quizzes, exams, online tests and hiring assessments. Set start and end dates, prevent cheating and get completion times in Google Sheets™.
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Listing updated:October 23, 2026
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Overview
Turn your Google Forms™ into timed online tests in minutes. Timer for Google Forms™ adds a countdown and a time limit to the forms you already have (quizzes, exams, homework, hiring tests, assessments and surveys) and records how long each respondent took in your linked Google Sheets™ spreadsheet.

Everything is set up from the form editor. Your questions, quiz settings, answer key and grading stay where they are.

How it works
1. Open your form and launch the add-on from the Extensions menu.
2. Choose the time limit and, if you need them, the opening and closing dates.
3. Share the timed link with your respondents. The countdown starts when they press Start.

Features
✓ Countdown on screen: a live countdown stays visible while respondents answer, from a few minutes to several hours.
✓ Time limit you can trust: when time is up, the respondent is alerted and the exact time taken is recorded, so late submissions stand out.
✓ Reminders: respondents can turn on alerts before the end (2, 5, 15 or 30 minutes left).
✓ Start and end dates: open the form at a set date and time and close it after a deadline, ideal for scheduled exams.
✓ Completion time in your spreadsheet: start time and duration next to each response.
✓ Hidden mode: measure response time without showing the clock, for low-pressure surveys and research.
✓ Anti-cheat: each start time is recorded on our server and tied to the response, so respondents cannot change the time you see.
✓ Welcome page: add your instructions, logo and colors before the test starts.

Who uses it
• Teachers and schools: timed quizzes, mock tests, homework and entrance exams. Post the link in Google Classroom™, an email or your LMS.
• Recruiters and HR: pre-employment tests, skills assessments and hiring quizzes.
• Trainers and companies: certification exams, compliance and onboarding quizzes.
• Researchers and marketers: see how long people take to complete a survey.
• Contests and trivia nights: give every participant exactly the same time.

Why choose it
• Works on the forms you already have: no new platform to learn and no copy of your form.
• Nothing to install for respondents: no extension, no account, no webcam proctoring. Works on computers, tablets and phones.
• Start with a free trial of every feature. Plans and pricing: https://form-timer.com/pricing

Good to know
• Share the link the add-on gives you, not the regular form link: answers sent from the regular link get no time.
• Forms with a file upload question cannot be timed: Google does not display them inside another page.
• Forms that require sign-in (for example "Limit to 1 response") may not open on iPhone and iPad.

Help and guides: https://form-timer.com/support
Website: https://form-timer.com

Google Forms™, Google Sheets™ and Google Classroom™ are trademarks of Google LLC. This add-on is made by Monkey Cube Studio and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google.
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Timer for Google Forms™ will ask for the permissions shown below. Learn more
Timer for Google Forms™ will need access to your Google account
This will allow Timer for Google Forms™ to :
View and manage your forms in Google Drive
See, edit, create, and delete all your Google Sheets spreadsheets
Display and run third-party web content in prompts and sidebars inside Google applications
Connect to an external service
Allow this application to run when you are not present
See your primary Google Account email address
See your personal info, including any personal info you've made publicly available
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