ClipSave for browsers (the browser extension and the ClipSave Helper). Last updated 2026-11-04.

ClipSave collects no data. It has no servers, no account, no analytics, no crash reporting and no ads.
Nothing about you or what you save is sent to the ClipSave project.

• The links you save. When you click the ClipSave button, the extension reads the address of the current tab,
  only then and only for that tab. It passes the address to the ClipSave Helper on your computer.
• Your download list (titles, addresses, thumbnails, status) is kept in the browser's extension storage on
  your computer, newest 30 only. Clear finished in the Downloads tab, or removing the extension, deletes it.
• Your settings: the theme, whether to check for updates automatically and what the last check found are
  kept in the extension's storage, and the folders you choose in Settings are kept
  by the helper in a small file in your settings folder (ClipSave/settings.json).
• The files you save go to your Movies and Music folders, or the folders you chose in Settings. Unfinished downloads are kept in your cache folder
  so they can resume, and removed after seven days.

• The website of the video you save. To read and download it, the helper's copy of
  yt-dlp connects to that site directly, the same way your browser does when
  you watch it. That site's own privacy policy applies.
• The video's thumbnail, shown in the popup, loads from the website it belongs to.
• GitHub, when you run the installer or click Update in Settings (to download a release and yt-dlp),
  when you click Check now in Settings, and once a day if you turn on Check automatically (off until you
  do). A check asks GitHub's public API for the newest ClipSave and yt-dlp version numbers; nothing about you
  or your downloads is sent. The Help links in Settings open GitHub pages only when you click them.
• Firefox Add-ons, if you installed ClipSave from there: Firefox checks it for updates, as it does for
  every add-on.

| Permission | Why |
|---|---|
| Communicate with cooperating native applications | Talk to the ClipSave Helper |
| Access the current tab when you click the button (activeTab) | Read the address of the video you want to save |
| Context menus | The right-click ClipSave menu |
| Storage | Keep your download list |
| Notifications | Tell you when a download finishes or fails |


Changes to this policy are listed in CHANGELOG.md and visible in this file's history.


Questions: support@clipsave.link, or open an issue.