The short version
Ghost doesn't have a server. It doesn't have an account system. It doesn't send anything you capture, anywhere, ever. Every snapshot you take stays in your browser, on your device, tied to the site you captured it from.
What Ghost stores, and where
Ghost stores two kinds of data, both locally:
- Captured snapshots — when you right-click an element, Ghost saves its HTML, a short text fingerprint, its position on the page, and a timestamp. This is written to a local IndexedDB database scoped to the website you captured it from, the same way any site's own local storage works.
- Your Ghost Mode preference — whether Ghost Mode is on or off is saved to your browser's local extension storage so it persists between sessions.
Nothing in either category is transmitted over a network. There is no backend for Ghost to send data to.
Permissions, and why Ghost asks for them
| Permission | What it's for |
|---|---|
| storage | Remembers whether Ghost Mode is switched on or off. |
| activeTab | Lets the "Clear All" button in the popup act on the page you're currently viewing, only when you click it. |
| scripting | Runs the code that clears a site's saved ghosts when you press "Clear All." It only ever touches the tab you're actively looking at. |
| Access to all sites | Ghost needs to run on any page you choose to capture from, since it's meant to work everywhere on the web, not on an allowlist of specific sites. |
Clearing your data
You're in control of what Ghost keeps:
- Delete a single capture from its preview card at any time.
- Clear All Ghosts on This Site, in the popup, wipes every snapshot saved for the site you're currently on.
Worth knowing: because each site's snapshots live in that site's own local storage (not the extension's), uninstalling Ghost does not automatically delete them. To remove everything, use "Clear All" on each site first, or clear your browser's site data for that site directly.
What Ghost doesn't do
- No analytics, tracking pixels, or usage telemetry.
- No third-party services, SDKs, or ad networks.
- No account, sign-in, or personal information collected.
- No reading of your browsing history beyond the page you explicitly capture from.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the "last updated" date at the top of this page will change with it. Material changes will also be reflected in the extension's Chrome Web Store listing.
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