Privacy policy

$ last updated: 2026-07-13

The short version: OpenCleaner collects no data. None. There is no account, no analytics, no advertising, and the app makes no network requests of its own. Everything below is the long version of that sentence.

Photo library access

OpenCleaner asks for read/write access to your photo library. This access is used exclusively to:

• read photo metadata (dates, file sizes) to display your library's calendar,
• analyze photo thumbnails on your device to find near-duplicates,
• delete the photos you explicitly confirm for deletion.

Your photos are never uploaded, transmitted, or shared. All similarity analysis runs locally using Apple's Vision framework. Photos stored in iCloud may be downloaded to your device by the system for analysis — this is a transfer between Apple's iCloud and your own device that never touches our infrastructure (we have none).

Data stored by the app

The app keeps a small amount of data locally on your device: the current cleaning session, aggregate statistics (how much space you freed), and a per-day count of deleted photos to display your cleaning history. This data never leaves your device and is removed when you delete the app.

What we collect

Nothing. We run no servers, no analytics SDK, no crash reporter, no advertising framework. Apple may provide us aggregate, anonymized App Store statistics (downloads, crashes) under Apple's own privacy policy.

Third parties

None. There is no third-party code that receives any data.

Verifiability

OpenCleaner is open-source. You can verify every claim on this page by reading the code: github.com/arthurbricq/open-cleaner.

Changes

If this policy ever changes, the new version will be published at this address with an updated date.

Contact

Questions? support@opencleaner.app or open an issue on GitHub.