Track your work on tasks and see how close you are to reaching your capacity for the day.

Whether it's on client work, specific projects, or cross-departmental initiatives, time entries enable you to organize and visualize everything you're working on.

You can track time by starting a timer or manually entering it. You can track time from the Quick Action menu, the Toolbar when pinned, Timesheets, Time Tracking Dashboard cards, tasks, and several views.

Time tracking feature availability and limits vary by plan. Learn more

Start a timer

Start a timer to track time while you work. A running timer is always visible in the toolbar in the upper-right so you never forget to stop it.

Learn how to edit the start time of a running timer.

You can start a timer from several locations.

If the Space the task lives or your Workspace has time entries default to billable, your entry will automatically be marked as billable. 

From a task

To start a timer from a task:

• Below the task name next to Track Time click the start button.
• You can also start a timer from a task's Relationships section after adding the time tracked column.

From List view

To start a timer from List view, you must first add the time tracked field.

From List view, click the start button to the right of a task in the time tracked column.

When tracking time time from a view, you'll see a progress bar that indicates how much time you've tracked against the task's time estimate. This progress bar only displays when the Time Estimate ClickApp is enabled and the task has a time estimate.

From Table view

To start a timer from Table view, you must first add the time tracked field.

To start a timer:

1. Click the tracked time on a task.
2. Click the start button.

From Board view

To start a timer from Board view, you must first add the time tracked field.

From Board view, click the start button on a task card.

From Timesheets

To start a timer from Timesheets, click the start button to the right of a task.

From the toolbar

To start a timer from the toolbar:

1. From the Quick Action menu pin Tracked Time to the toolbar.
2. Click the time tracking icon to open the Track Time modal.
3. Select a task.
   
   • If you're on the Business Plan and above, this is optional.
4. Click the start button.

When tracking time using the toolbar, click the running timer to see a progress bar that indicates how much time you've tracked today against your daily capacity. You can change your capacity from Timesheets or Workload view settings.

From the Quick Action menu

To start a timer from the Quick Action menu:

1. Click Track Time to open the Track Time modal.
2. Select a task.
3. Click the start button.

From an existing time entry

You can also start a timer from an existing time entry:

1. In the upper-right corner, click the Quick Action menu.
2. Click Track Time to open the Track Time modal.
3. Click the start button next to a previous entry.
4. The timer starts, creating a new entry for the task with the same details.

Manually add tracked time

If you forgot to run a timer when you were completing work, you can manually add time tracked from several locations. Owners and admins can add tracked time for others.

If the Space the task lives or your Workspace has time entries default to billable, your entry will automatically be marked as billable. 

When manually adding a entry, you can type out or abbreviate hours, minutes, and seconds using the following formatting:

• hours, minutes, seconds
  • For example: 2 hours, 10 minutes, 30 seconds
• h, m, s
  • For example: 2h, 10m, 30s
• h:m:s
  • For example: 2:10:30

From a task

To add a time entry from a task:

1. In the upper-left of a task, click the Track Time field.
2. Enter the amount of time worked.
   • To add the time entry for someone else, click your name and select someone from the dropdown.
     
3. Select a date and time range.
4. Choose to mark the entry as billable or non-billable, add a description, or add time tracking tags.
5. Click Save.

You can also add a time entry from a task's Relationships section after adding the time tracked column.

From List or Table view

To add a time entry from List or Table view, you must first add the time tracked field.

From a List view or Table view:

1. Click the time tracked field.
   
2. Enter the amount of time worked.
   • To add the time entry for someone else, click your name and select someone from the dropdown.
3. Select a date and time range.
4. Choose to mark the entry as billable or non-billable, add a description, or add time tracking tags.
5. Click Save.

From Board view

To add a time entry from Board view, you must first add the time tracked field.

From a Board view:

1. Click the time tracked on a task card.
   
2. Enter the amount of time worked.
   • To add the time entry for someone else, click your name and select someone from the dropdown.
3. Select a date and time range.
4. Choose to mark the entry as billable or non-billable, add a description, or add time tracking tags.
5. Click Save.

From Gantt view

To add a time entry from Gantt view, you must first add the time tracked field.

From a Gantt view:

1. Click the time tracked or the clock icon next to a task.
   
2. Enter the amount of time worked.
   • To add the time entry for someone else, click your name and select someone from the dropdown.
3. Select a date and time range.
4. Choose to mark the entry as billable or non-billable, add a description, or add time tracking tags.
5. Click Save.

From Timesheets

To add a time entry from Timesheets:

1. To the right of a task, hover over the date field and click the clock icon.
   
2. Click the Enter time field and enter the amount of time worked.
   • To add the time entry for someone else, click your name and select someone from the dropdown.
3. Select a date and time range.
4. Choose to mark the entry as billable or non-billable, add a description, or add time tracking tags.
5. Click Save.

From the toolbar

To add a time entry from the toolbar, you must first pin time tracking.

From the toolbar:

1. Click the time tracking icon to open the Track Time modal.
2. Enter the amount of time worked.
   • To add the time entry for someone else, click your name and select someone from the dropdown.
3. Select a task.
   • If you're on the Business Plan or above, this is optional.
4. Select a date and time range.
5. Choose to mark the entry as billable or non-billable, add a description, or add time tracking tags.
6. Click Save.

From the Quick Action menu

To add a time entry from the Quick Action menu:

1. Click Track Time to open the Track Time modal.
2. Enter the amount of time worked.
   • To add the time entry for someone else, click your name and select someone from the dropdown.
3. Select a task.
   • If you're on the Business Plan or above, this is optional.
4. Select a date and time range.
5. Choose to mark the entry as billable or non-billable, add a description, or add time tracking tags.
6. Click Save.

Track time without a task

Learn how to track time without a task.

Track time on the mobile app

Create, edit, or delete time entries from anywhere using the mobile app!

You can start a timer on your computer and stop it from your phone, or vice versa. You can seamlessly use time tracking across the web, desktop, and mobile apps.

Track time with the ClickUp API

Build your own time tracking integration using our API. Build robust time tracking tools with the following data:

• Get time entries within a date range.
• Add and remove time entry labels.
• Get running time entries.
• Start and stop a timer.

Time tracking API calls include the task ID, title, status, task tags, and Space, Folder, and List information.

Track time using the Chrome extension

You can also track time from the Chrome extension!