LEGAL
Privacy Policy
Last updated 30 July 2026
The short version: Clarus runs on your computer. Your screenshots and recordings stay on your machine unless you choose to upload one. We do not have analytics, telemetry, ads, or trackers, and we have never sold anything to anybody.
What stays on your computer
By default, everything. Captures, recordings, your edit history, your settings
and the search index are all stored locally, in your own folders and in
%APPDATA%\dev.getclarus.app.
That includes text recognition. Clarus reads the text inside your captures so you can search for it, and that runs entirely offline on your machine — no image is sent anywhere to be read.
What we collect, and only when you ask for it
- Your email address, if you create an account. That is the only thing an account needs — there is no password, no name required, no phone number. We use it to send you a sign-in code and, if you opt in, to tell you about updates.
- Files you upload to the cloud. Only the captures you press the cloud button on. Along with each one we store its size, dimensions, when it was made, how many times its link has been opened, and the text found inside it — so you can search your own library by what a picture says.
- Bug reports and ideas you choose to send, with whatever you attach to them. Bug reports are posted to a public board; ideas are private.
There is no analytics SDK in Clarus. We do not record which features you use, what you capture, or when you open the app.
Who else can see your uploads
Anyone you give the link to. A share link is a long random address that is not
listed or indexed anywhere, and pages under /s/ tell search engines
not to index them — but a link is a key, so treat it like one. You can add a
password to a link, set it to expire, stop sharing it, or delete the file
outright, from the app or from your library on the web.
Uploaded files are stored privately. They are never publicly listed, and each view is served through a short-lived address that stops working shortly afterwards.
Recordings uploaded on the free plan are deleted after 24 hours. The link keeps working and says the recording is no longer available.
Companies that handle data for us
- Supabase — accounts, your cloud files, and the databases behind them.
- Resend — sends your sign-in codes.
- Netlify — hosts this website and the share pages.
- Stripe — if and when you pay for Clarus Pro. Card details go to Stripe directly; we never see or store them.
We do not sell or share your data with anyone else, and nothing is used to train anything.
How long we keep it
Uploads stay until you delete them, or until a link you set an expiry on runs out, or — for recordings on the free plan — 24 hours. Account details stay until you ask us to close your account, at which point we delete them and your uploads.
Your choices
- Use Clarus without an account. Everything except the cloud works.
- Delete any upload at any time, from the app or the web library.
- Ask us to delete your account and everything in it — email [email protected].
- Turn off update emails in Settings.
Depending on where you live you may have rights to access, correct, export or erase your data. Ask and we will do it.
Children
Clarus is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their data.
Changes
If this policy changes in a way that matters, we will say so in the app rather than quietly editing this page.
Contact
Email [email protected] — for anything, including a request to delete your account and everything in it. You can also use Feedback inside Clarus (Settings → Feedback), which reaches the developer directly and lets you attach a screenshot.