Your Data and Privacy

Your Data and Privacy

Where is local-first: everything lives in one file on your computer. There is no account, no cloud, no telemetry and no AI.

What Where stores

Stored	Not stored
Projects, tasks, notes you create	Contents of your files
Links you save (title, address, your note)	Your browsing history
Names, paths, sizes, dates and fingerprints of files in folders you chose	Anything from folders you didn't choose
Connections between these	Screenshots, keystrokes, activity
Your theme and connected browsers	Passwords or accounts

Settings → Privacy shows the counts and the exact database location. Cloud sync, AI features, activity tracking and screen capture are all off. Most aren't built. When they are, they'll be opt-in.

Where the data lives

The app shows the exact path under Settings → Privacy → Database. It's usually:

System	Folder
Windows	%APPDATA%\CrownCore Studios\Where\
Mac	~/Library/Application Support/com.crowncorestudios.where/
Linux	~/.local/share/com.crowncorestudios.where/

Inside: where.db (your library, a SQLite database) and settings.json (theme, connected browsers).

Export

Your data is yours. Settings → Export (or Ctrl K → Export):

Format	Good for
JSON	Everything, with every connection, readable by other programs
Markdown	Reading, or importing into notes apps
Database copy	A full backup you can open with any SQLite tool

The Command Line can also export CSV.

Back up and move to another computer

1. Close Where.
2. Copy the data folder (above) somewhere safe, or use Export → Database copy.
3. On the new computer, install Where, open and close it once, then copy where.db into its data folder.

Indexed file paths point to the old computer's folders. Add your folders again on the new one and click Refresh all.

Delete everything

Close Where and delete the data folder. Uninstalling Where does not do this for you, on purpose.

What Where will never do

Delete, move or change your files · send messages · upload your data without asking · run commands without confirmation · require AI. Full policy: PRIVACY.md. Security problems: see SECURITY.md. Please don't post them publicly.