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Cream cheese should be unrefrigerated for no more than 2 hours.
If you want my personal thought, which may not be correct, I think maybe in the next day it will ROT and stink. If it's a type of cheese, yeah, it will stink and rot. Another answer Cream cheese should not sit out at room temperature for more than 2 hours. Less time is better.