Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026-11-03

ClickToDoc is a Chrome and Edge extension and a Windows desktop app that record a task as you do it and turn it into a step-by-step guide. This policy covers both, and explains what they handle, where it goes, and what they never do.

Short version. Everything you record stays on your computer. There is no account, no analytics, no telemetry and no ClickToDoc server: the author never receives your recordings or anything about you. Data leaves your computer only if you switch on one of the optional features below, and then it goes straight to the service you chose.

What ClickToDoc records

Only while you are recording, and only what is needed to build the guide:

Screenshots. The extension captures the browser tab you are recording. The desktop app captures the screen you clicked on.
What you clicked. The visible name, type and position of the button, link or field, so each step gets a title and an outline. The desktop app reads this from Windows' own accessibility interface (UI Automation).
Where you were. The extension stores the page address and title. The desktop app stores the app name and window title.
What you typed, if “Capture typing” is on in Settings. The extension skips password fields and fields that look sensitive (card numbers and similar). The desktop app cannot always tell a password box from an ordinary one, so pause the recording, or turn Capture typing off, before you type a password.

Nothing is recorded when you are not recording or while a recording is paused. The desktop app listens for mouse clicks and key presses across Windows only while a recording is running, and never records clicks on its own windows.

Where it is stored

Extension: in your browser's local extension storage on your computer.
Desktop app: in files in your Windows user profile.
Exports and backups (Word, HTML, PDF, Markdown, GIF, MP4, images, backup files) are ordinary files saved where you choose, usually your Downloads folder.

Uninstalling the extension deletes its storage, so keep a backup if you want your guides. You can delete any step or guide at any time.

Optional features that send data

All of these are off until you turn them on yourself. When they are on, the data goes directly from your computer to the service you picked, never through ClickToDoc.

Voice notes and dictation (extension). When you press the mic, your browser's built-in speech recognition turns your speech into text. Where the browser can do that on your device it does; otherwise it may send that audio to its speech service (Google in Chrome, Microsoft in Edge) to do so. “On-device only” in Settings never uses the service. Dictation asks before its first use.
Voice notes and dictation (Windows app). A speech engine built into the app (Whisper) turns your speech into text on your computer. The audio is never sent anywhere and is not kept: only the text it writes into your step. The microphone is used only while voice notes or dictation are on; Windows’ privacy settings decide whether the app may use it.
Bring your own AI. If you connect an AI provider (for example OpenAI, Google Gemini, Anthropic or OpenRouter) with your own key, the text and screenshots of the guide you ask it to work on are sent to that provider, under your account and their terms. Screenshots are sent with your redactions already applied. If you use a local model (Ollama or LM Studio), nothing leaves your computer. Your key is stored only on your computer.
Google Drive (extension). If you connect your Drive, exports and backups are uploaded to your own Drive. ClickToDoc asks only for access to files it creates itself.
Publish to your own server. If you enter an address in Settings, finished guides are sent to that address.

What ClickToDoc never does

No analytics, telemetry, crash reporting, advertising or tracking of any kind.
No selling or sharing of data. The author has no servers and receives nothing.
It does not read your passwords, cookies, autofill or browsing history.
It does not load code from the internet. Everything it runs ships with it.

Tools for sensitive data

The editor can erase, blur or redact any part of a screenshot, and can apply the same erase to every step at once. Smart redact (in Settings) finds things like email addresses, phone numbers, card numbers, bank details, national ID numbers and API keys and covers them for you. The extension reads the page’s own text; the Windows app reads each screenshot with Windows’ built-in offline text recognition. All of this runs on your computer and nothing is sent anywhere.

Importing a guide (Word, HTML or Markdown) reads the file on your computer. Pictures that are only linked from the web are left out rather than downloaded.

Extension permissions, in plain language

activeTab, scripting, tabs, webNavigation: to take screenshots and see your clicks on the tab you are recording.
Access to all sites: because you might record on any website. ClickToDoc only looks at a page while you are recording on it.
storage, unlimitedStorage: to keep your guides on your computer without the browser's 10 MB limit.
sidePanel: to show the recorder beside the page.
offscreen: for voice notes and image processing in the background.
downloads: to save exports and backups.
alarms: to run scheduled backups.
identity: only used if you connect Google Drive.

Links to other sites

The Support and Report an issue buttons open other websites (donation pages, GitHub, or your email app). Report an issue pre-fills your ClickToDoc version and browser details so you can review them before sending. Nothing is sent automatically.

Children

ClickToDoc is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect information from anyone.

Changes

If this policy changes in a meaningful way, the new version will be published here and the date above will change.

Contact

Questions or concerns: hello@clicktodoc.app