Cron every 10 minutes

Every 10 minutes in cron is */10 * * * * (Unix) or 0 */10 * * * ? (Quartz, Spring), six runs an hour; next runs are calculated in your browser.

Unix cron (crontab, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes)

*/10 * * * *

Quartz and Spring (seconds first; valid in both)

0 */10 * * * ?

AWS EventBridge (minute first, year last)

cron(0/10 * * * ? *)

Read by our parser as: Every 10 minutes. Open in the cron checker

Next 10 runs

Calculating in your browser...

At a glance

Accepts: Nothing to enter - the schedule is preset on the page
Outputs: The expression in Unix, Quartz/Spring and AWS form, plus its next 10 run times
Where it runs: Entirely in your browser, on your device
What leaves your device: Nothing - what you type stays in this tab
Limits: Run times use your browser's timezone or UTC; real schedulers can start a run late
Account: Not required - there is no sign-up
Price: Free, with no watermark and no usage cap
Made by: Visrut

What it means

*/10 * * * * runs six times an hour: at :00, :10, :20, :30, :40 and :50. Because 10 divides 60 evenly, the gap is always exactly ten minutes, including across the hour. Quartz and Spring use 0 */10 * * * ? (second 0 first).

When this is the right schedule

Use it when the work isn't urgent enough for every minute but should feel fresh: exporting metrics, retrying failed webhooks, rotating a short-lived token.

When to pick something else

Look elsewhere when you only want it during working hours. Add an hour range (for example */10 8-18 * * 1-5) rather than running all night for nothing.

Things to watch

Six runs an hour, 144 a day

That adds up on metered platforms. Before choosing every 10 minutes for an API call, multiply out: 144 calls a day, about 4,300 a month, per job.

Limit it to working hours

*/10 9-17 * * 1-5 runs every 10 minutes from 9:00 to 17:50 on weekdays. The hour range is inclusive, so the 17:00 hour is included in full; use 9-16 to stop at 16:50.

AWS: one day field must be ?

AWS's own example for this schedule on weekdays is cron(0/10 * ? * MON-FRI *). With no day restriction it's cron(0/10 * * * ? *).

Frequently asked questions

Will */10 run at 10:00 and then 10:10?

Yes. It matches minutes 0, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50, so 10:00, 10:10, 10:20 and so on, every hour.

How do I run every 10 minutes but starting at :05?

Use 5-59/10 * * * *, which matches 5, 15, 25, 35, 45 and 55. In Quartz, Spring and AWS you can also write 5/10.