Time tracker idle timeouts
The default idle timeout for the trackers whose number we can quote from the vendor's own documentation, with the date each was checked.
Hubstaff
The idle prompt appears every 5 minutes by default.
Checked 2026-09-17Time Doctor
"Timeout After" defaults to 15 minutes, then tracking stops.
Checked 2026-09-17ActivTrak
Passive Time starts after 2 minutes of no input.
Checked 2026-09-17DeskTime
Idle time is counted after 3 minutes of inactivity.
Checked 2026-09-17
Stayaway offers more trackers during setup. The ones not listed here have no idle default published on a page we can link, so they use a conservative default rather than a number we cannot point at a source for.
Set it once, hands-free.
Tell Stayaway which tracker you use and it sets Auto Detect and an activity level to match. Free to start, no card.