Privacy

Last updated 22 October 2026

Editer is a photo editor that runs in your browser. This page says what happens to your photos and what little else is collected. In short: your photos are not uploaded to us, and the only things we collect are how the site is visited and, unless you turn it off, reports of things that fail in the app.

Your photos and edits

Photos you open are read and edited on your own device. There is no Editer server that receives them, and there are no accounts.
Your library, edits, previews and settings are stored in your browser (IndexedDB, the browser's private file storage and local storage). Clearing site data for Editer removes them.
The app's own files (page, scripts, styles and fonts) are kept in a browser cache by a service worker, so Editer opens without a network connection.
If you choose a library folder, Editer keeps your photos where they are and saves ratings, edits and its own files in a .editer folder inside the folder you picked. Those files stay on your computer.
The AI features download their models from this site once and run them in your browser. Your photos are not sent anywhere to be processed.

Visit statistics

We use Rybbit, a privacy-focused analytics tool that we host ourselves at analytics.editer.org. When you open the site it records things like the pages visited, the page that sent you here, your browser and device type, screen size, language, and an approximate location worked out from your IP address. It never receives your photos, file names or edits. We use it to see how many people use the site and which features matter, so we can improve it.

Editer itself sets no cookies.

Error reports

When something in Editer fails, the app can send a short report to our own error server at errors.editer.org. It is never sent to a third party. This covers crashes and also failures the app handles by showing you a message, for example an import or export that did not finish, a library folder that could not be written, an AI task that stopped, a sign-in with a cloud service that failed, or browser storage that is full.

A report contains the error message, a technical stack trace (the locations in Editer's own program files, never files on your device), your browser and operating system, the version of Editer you run, the name of the screen you were on, and which part of the app was involved (for example import, export or the image engine). Like any request to a web server, it reaches the server together with your IP address.

A report never contains your photos, their file names, your edits, your library or any location. File names are removed from error messages before anything is sent, and page addresses are cut down to the site and page, without query text or anything after a #. Only one report of each kind is sent per visit, and at most ten per visit.

You can turn reports off in Settings with "Send anonymous error reports". If your browser has Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control switched on, reports stay off until you choose otherwise.

Other services the site contacts

Google Fonts supplies the typefaces. Loading them tells Google your IP address and browser.
OpenStreetMap supplies map pictures, but only when you press "Show map" in the Map module. It then sees your IP address and the area you look at, never your photos or coordinates. If you then search for an address in the Map, what you type is sent to OpenStreetMap's search service (Nominatim) when you press Search, so it can find the place. Nothing is sent while you type.
Google, Dropbox and Microsoft are contacted only if you choose to connect one of them to import or save photos. You sign in on their own page, and Editer keeps the sign-in only for your browser session. What they do with your data is covered by their own privacy policies.
Google Drive as your library. If you choose a Google Drive folder as your library, Editer saves your photos, edits, ratings and collections in that folder in your own Drive, in a .editer folder, and uploads the photos you import. That data goes from your browser straight to your Drive; it does not pass through any Editer server. Editer can only see files it created in Drive or that you pick in Google's file picker. Deleted photos' files are moved to your Drive trash. Disconnecting stops the saving and leaves everything in Drive. You can also remove Editer's access any time at myaccount.google.com/permissions.

Your choices

You can delete everything Editer stores by clearing this site's data in your browser, or by removing photos from the Library.
You can block the analytics script with a content blocker. The editor works the same.
You can stop error reports in Settings. Nothing is sent while the box is unticked.
Depending on where you live, privacy law (for example the GDPR, the UK GDPR, California's CCPA or New Zealand's Privacy Act) may give you the right to see, correct or delete personal information held about you, and to complain to your privacy regulator.

Children

Editer is not aimed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect their information.

Changes and contact

If this page changes, the date at the top changes too. Questions about privacy or requests about your data: [email protected].