# Countdown expiration action
**URL:** https://forum.adalo.com/t/countdown-expiration-action/29727
**Category:** Get Help
**Created:** [July 20, 2022, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/countdown-expiration-action/29727 "2022-07-20T09:16:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Filli](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Filli)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2022, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/countdown-expiration-action/29727/1 "2022-07-20T09:16:36Z")
Hello everyone!
I have a issue with the countdown. I created a list and put a countdown that count the time between the current time and the settled expiration date of the item. Then I want that when the countdown expires some actions occurs, for example a notification is sent or the item is delated,
The action works but only if the user open the screen when the list is displayed.
I have two parts app so the item must disappear regardless of the user’s access or not. How can I do? Thank you!
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### Author:  [@CH\_Team](https://forum.adalo.com/u/CH_Team)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/countdown-expiration-action/29727/2 "2022-07-20T14:21:40Z")
Hi @Filli!
This tutorial on the Adalo App Academy might be of use: [Mass Update Records (and more!) with the Countdown Timer](https://appacademy.adalo.com/course/countdown-timer).
Happy building!
[A]
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### Author:  [@Filli](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Filli)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/countdown-expiration-action/29727/3 "2022-07-20T15:30:29Z")
Thank you but I don’t need to understand how to implement the action.
The problem is that the action linked to the countdown when finished does not complete if I don’t open the screen when the countdown is put.
i need that the countdown action runs in the backend.
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### Author:  [@preptogether](https://forum.adalo.com/u/preptogether)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/countdown-expiration-action/29727/4 "2022-07-20T15:47:08Z")
I believe the countdown component only works app-side (user’s device) and doesn’t actually have a relationship to the collections or backend, where it would continue the count even when a user isn’t actively looking at the app.
Though I haven’t looked into this personally, have you explored if using the date/time collection component would work to achieve your goal?
Alternatively, I feel like I read somewhere there is a countdown component that logs its count with the database, but I’m thinking it was a third-party component. I’d have to look again to remember correctly on that.
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### Author:  [@preptogether](https://forum.adalo.com/u/preptogether)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/countdown-expiration-action/29727/5 "2022-07-20T15:49:49Z")
This - [🐒 New Countdown Timer | New Component from NoCode Monkey](https://forum.adalo.com/t/new-countdown-timer-new-component-from-nocode-monkey/16394)
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### Author:  [@Dilon](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Dilon)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/countdown-expiration-action/29727/6 "2022-07-20T16:21:08Z")
Maybe using MAKE ( Integromat ) or Zapier?
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### Author:  [@Filli](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Filli)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/countdown-expiration-action/29727/7 "2022-07-20T16:29:18Z")
I am trying to add in each list a hidden countdown that set the expiration time
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.adalo.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/countdown-expiration-action/29727/8 "2022-07-30T16:29:57Z")
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