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Screen Time Tracker

Track how long the current browser tab has been active with daily totals and session history.

Tested tool guide Tested browser tools Checked August 16, 2026

What Screen Time Tracker does and how it behaves

Most time trackers count wall clock: the hours you were supposedly at it. This one counts something narrower - how long the current browser tab actually sat in front of you. The page keeps a running counter while the tab is visible in a focused window, pauses the moment you switch tabs, minimize, or glance at another app, and resumes when you return. You get today's total, which resets at local midnight, plus a session history of each active stretch. The usual surprise: it is per-tab, not per-day. Background tabs and other apps never count, no matter what they are playing.

How the result is produced

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When the clock runs

A tab earns time only while it is visible in a focused window. Bringing another tab or window to the front, minimizing the browser, or covering it with another app stops the count, and returning to the tab resumes it from where it stopped. Each continuous stretch of foreground use is recorded as one session, so the numbers reflect real attention, not the hours the page simply sat open.

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Totals, sessions, and persistence

Active minutes accumulate toward a daily total that resets at local midnight, so each morning the counter starts fresh. The session history keeps every stretch with its start time and duration, letting you reconstruct how a day broke down. Totals and history persist in the browser between visits; closing the tab ends the current session but does not erase the record.

Good uses

  • Checking how long a research or reading task really took before you close the tab - the total is usually lower than your impression of the time.
  • Keeping the page open on a time-sink site such as video or social feeds, so the climbing daily total gives a concrete cue to stop.
  • Reviewing session history at the end of the day to see the rhythm of your work: long unbroken stretches versus many short hops that signal constant interruption.

Limits and checks

  • Per-tab, not per-device: the totals cover only this tab. Time in other tabs, other windows, and other apps never appears, so the number is not your overall screen time.
  • Background time is never counted: a tab playing audio or video while you work elsewhere earns zero minutes. Totals of zero for a tab you left running are correct behavior, not a fault.
  • The day boundary is your local midnight, and the record lives in this browser only. Clearing the site's data erases history, and time logged on another device or browser is not merged in.

Common questions

I left the tab open overnight; why is the total barely higher in the morning?

Because the clock runs only while the tab is visible in a focused window. Overnight it sat in the background, so it accrued almost nothing. If you need to count time while the page is not on screen, this tool does not measure that - it is deliberately limited to foreground use.

Does closing the tab lose my history?

No. The current session ends, but the daily total and session history stay in the browser's storage and are still there when you reopen the page. Only clearing this site's data in your browser wipes the record.

References and verification

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