The free shutdown timer for Windows

X Shutdown Timer is a free Windows app that shuts down, restarts, sleeps, hibernates, signs out, locks or turns off the display of your PC. You can trigger it after a delay, at a set time, when the PC is idle, when a program closes or when downloads finish.

It adds a final warning with postpone, several saved schedules, global hotkeys, gentle app closing and an activity log.

Yes. It is free for personal and commercial use. There are no ads inside the app, no bundled software, no registration and no trial limits. The app itself never connects to the internet.

Choose Shut down, pick the In option, press the 1 h button and click Start. The countdown appears in the window, in the title bar and in the tray icon tooltip, so you can hide the window and still see the time left.

Choose the At option, set the time, pick Daily or Weekdays and click Start. The app saves it as a schedule in Windows Task Scheduler.

You can keep as many schedules as you like. Open Schedules to give each one its own action, time and days. They run even when the app is closed, as long as you are signed in to Windows.

Yes. Click Cancel, use the tray menu, or press Ctrl+Alt+X from anywhere. The final warning also has a Postpone 10 min button and a Cancel button.

Saved schedules stay in place until you turn them off or delete them.

While the app is running, Ctrl+Alt+S opens its window and Ctrl+Alt+X cancels the running timer or any warning from a saved schedule. Both work from any program.

If another program already uses a combination, the app tells you and writes it to the log. You can switch hotkeys off with one checkbox.

Yes. Add the apps under Close apps first, for example chrome.exe or steam.exe. One minute before a shutdown, restart or sign out, each app gets a normal close request, the same as clicking the X button.

Chrome restores its tabs and games get a chance to save. Apps that ask to save still show their prompt, and with Force-close off Windows may wait for them.

The app watches the total download speed of your PC. When it stays below the limit you set (200 KB/s by default) for the number of minutes you choose (3 by default), it starts the countdown.

It measures all network traffic, not one program. To wait for a single program instead, use When program closes.

The app counts the time since your last mouse or keyboard input. When it reaches the limit you set, the warning opens, and any mouse movement or key press during the warning stops it. Watching a video does not count as input.

Logs are saved in a logs folder next to the exe, one file per day. If that folder is not writable, the app uses %APPDATA%\xcodecpack\shutdowntimer\logs instead.

The History window shows the newest entries first, and logs older than 90 days are removed automatically.

No installer is needed. Download the single exe and run it from any folder, including a USB stick. Administrator rights are normally not required, although Task Scheduler can ask for them on locked-down PCs.

It needs the .NET Framework 4, which is built into Windows 10 and 11. Settings are saved in %APPDATA%\xcodecpack\shutdowntimer.

Hibernate needs hibernation to be enabled in Windows. If it is off, open an administrator Command Prompt and run powercfg /hibernate on. Sleep works on any PC that supports it.

Yes. Use /in 90 to start a 90-minute timer, /at 23:30 to run at a set time, /action with shutdown, restart, sleep, hibernate, logoff, lock or display, /force to force-close apps, and /tray to start hidden in the tray.

Small freeware apps without a code-signing certificate can trigger the Windows protected your PC screen. Click More info, then Run anyway. The app has no network code and only opens our website in your browser when you click the link.

The built-in command has no visible countdown, no tray icon, no idle, program or download triggers, and no repeating schedules without a manual Task Scheduler setup. X Shutdown Timer adds all of these, plus a warning with postpone and a history log.