Study Timer Installed

Click the puzzle piece (1) in the top right of your browser. Then, click the little pin (2) next to the extension:

Chrome toolbar: the puzzle piece icon (1) opens the Extensions menu, the pin (2) next to Study Timer keeps it on the toolbar

Open the extension (3) on any page to start using Study Timer:

The Study Timer icon (3) with a 25:00 badge pinned to the Chrome toolbar

Already pinned? See how to use Study Timer

Study Timer is ready

It is already on your toolbar. Here is how to get the most out of it.

A mouse click on the Study Timer icon with a 25:00 badge on the Chrome toolbar
Click the Study Timer icon on any page to open the timer. The badge always shows the time left.

  1. 1Start a focus session

    Press Play in the middle of the circle. The classic Pomodoro is 25 minutes of focus followed by a 5-minute break.

    The badge on the toolbar icon counts down while you work: yellow for focus, blue for breaks. You can close the popup — the timer keeps running.

    Study Timer popup with a running focus timer at 24:57

  2. 2Pause, skip and take breaks

    Press Pause to stop, or use the shortcut Ctrl + Shift + T on any page — no need to open the popup.

    Skip jumps straight to the next phase. The four circles show your progress to a long break; Today counts the sessions you finished today.

    Study Timer popup: 25:00 timer, Today counter, four progress circles and the skip button

  3. 3Make it yours

    Open Settings (the gear) to choose focus, break and long break length, and how many sessions come before a long break.

    Below are the notifications: a desktop alert and/or a new tab when focus or a break ends. Switch off the ones you don't need.

    Study Timer settings: focus, break and long break length, sessions until long break, notification switches

  4. 4Track your progress

    Open History (the chart icon) to see how many sessions you finished per week, month or year.

    Export history saves it as a CSV file; Import history brings it back on another computer.

    Study Timer history: monthly bar chart of finished sessions with Export and Import history buttons

Don't see the icon on your toolbar? Show how to pin it