# Timer that doesn't reset with app close

**URL:** <https://forum.adalo.com/t/timer-that-doesnt-reset-with-app-close/46441>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [April 1, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/timer-that-doesnt-reset-with-app-close/46441 "2024-04-01T17:59:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![LoneWolf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/lonewolf/32/30903_2.png) [@LoneWolf](https://forum.adalo.com/u/LoneWolf)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/timer-that-doesnt-reset-with-app-close/46441/1 "2024-04-01T17:59:05Z")

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I am using the countdown timer in my app, but every time I close the app it resets. Is there a way to make it constantly run. I want a timer to start when a user completes an action and I want it to run until it hits 0

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**Author:** ![Victor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/victor/32/2054_2.png) [@Victor](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Victor)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/timer-that-doesnt-reset-with-app-close/46441/2 "2024-04-03T12:09:19Z")

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Hi @LoneWolf,

To start with: Countdown Timer runs in the app context. If the app is open → timer runs. When app is closed → timer doesn’t exist → timer doesn’t run.

If you’d like to restore the timer condition when the app is opened next time, you need somehow to recalculate the number of seconds for a timer every time you open the app. This video can be useful:

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/3X/4/4/44024a0f712783772f65b18b036e991fbc728a8f.jpeg "Adalo hints: countdown timer for an event") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwltFUfBsLk)

Also, another video about how to pause countdown: [https://youtu.be/VEXxzOHEsQQ](https://youtu.be/VEXxzOHEsQQ).  
This is useful to understand the logic of working with timer.

Best,  
Victor.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/system/32/40401_2.png) [@system](https://forum.adalo.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/timer-that-doesnt-reset-with-app-close/46441/3 "2024-04-13T12:09:44Z")

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