FormatPlease privacy notice

FormatPlease processes selected files in browser memory on your device. Your files are never uploaded to us or to a third-party conversion service.

What happens to your files

• Files, names, image/video/audio contents, and metadata are not transmitted to a server.
• We do not store your images, PDFs, audio or videos. The active conversion state exists only in this browser tab’s memory.
• Closing or reloading this page clears that active state. Clearing your batch also releases its previews and results.
• Downloaded files are saved wherever you choose on your device. They remain yours to use.

Metadata and orientation

Converted images do not retain original EXIF metadata, including GPS locations and camera identifiers. Browser-native decoding applies EXIF orientation. No metadata preservation option is offered. Keep your original file if you need its metadata or original color profile.

Video processing

Video metadata and conversion run locally in an FFmpeg Web Worker. The engine downloads from this website on first use. Conversion selects the first video and audio tracks, omits metadata and subtitles, and never uploads files as a fallback. Cancel stops the worker. Keep your original if you need all tracks or original metadata.

Site requests and preferences

Your browser downloads the site and any codec code it needs from this origin. The hosting provider receives normal website requests, which may include an IP address and browser headers. The converter does not include your selected files in these requests. We do not operate accounts. Cloudflare Web Analytics may measure site visits. Tool usage requests are separate from file processing, as described below.

Your light/dark theme preference is stored in this browser’s localStorage. It does not contain selected files or conversion results. Clearing site storage removes that preference.

Audio and PDF processing

The audio converter converts MP3 and decodes/encodes PCM AIFF, WAV, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis and Opus in local workers. Audio uses the same anonymous tool-usage events described below. Unsupported-format attempts and failures may send anonymous diagnostic categories and an allowlisted extension. ThePDF tools read documents locally too; previews and generated documents stay in the tab until downloaded or cleared. Neither engine uploads files to a server when it cannot process them.

QR file transfer

QR File Transfer uses our Cloudflare backend only to create temporary pairing rooms and relay WebRTC connection information. File contents, filenames, shared text and URLs travel over an encrypted peer-to-peer DataChannel between your devices, and are not uploaded to FormatPlease. Pairing tokens are passed in the URL fragment, removed from the visible URL, and verified using temporary token hashes. We do not store transfer history. Transfer pages load no advertising or general tool analytics. With explicit analytics consent, optional first-party connection statistics contain only finite categories and size/time buckets; no room IDs, tokens, filenames, content, SDP or network addresses are sent. These statistics respect Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control. STUN services and the peer device can process or learn the network addresses needed for a connection. Direct connections may fail on some networks; we do not relay files as a fallback. Files remain in receiver memory until cleared or are written to a folder explicitly chosen by the receiver. Verified files can open existing tools in the same page without uploading. Optional local OPFS staging, enabled only by explicit choice, permits verified byte-level resume up to 256 MiB. Session end/clear removes staging best-effort; abandoned expired staging is cleaned on the next Transfer visit. Clearing site storage removes it without another visit. Refresh and closed-tab recovery are not supported.

Google advertising

The public website uses Google AdSense. Advertising can make separate network requests and use cookies or similar technologies; local conversion does not mean every website request is tracking-free. The conversion tools do not attach selected files, filenames or converted outputs to ad requests. Seehow Google uses information from sites that use its servicesand Google’s ad controls.

Anonymous tool usage

Where applicable law and our reviewed collection policy permit it, Image, PDF, metadata, audio and video tools send anonymous background usage events describing which tool was opened, file selection and conversion events, input/output formats, approximate file size ranges, batch counts and success/failure counts, conversion duration, categorized errors, and download actions. Statistics include the tool page path without query parameters and the time the event reached our service. These count operations, not identified people. Unsupported-format attempts and failures may also include an allowlisted file extension, operation stage and a finite capability category. Compression events include the target preset or a custom bucket, output format and whether resizing is allowed. Download events measure clicks, not completed file saves.

The primary tool links on our FLAC vs MP3 and WAV vs MP3 articles can record an anonymous CTA click under the same collection policy and preferences. Only the fixed article path and the matching audio conversion formats are recorded; query parameters, URL fragments and referrer information are excluded. These counts are not linked to individual visitors or later conversions.

These anonymous operational events are sent to our first-party /api/analytics endpoint and stored through Cloudflare Analytics Engine when its deployment binding is available. We use them to understand tool usage, processing failures and whether results are downloaded. If the binding is unavailable, events are discarded; processing still works.

Files, filenames, file contents, EXIF and other file metadata, converted outputs, and raw error messages and local paths are never sent to this analytics service. We do not create analytics cookies, persistent user or device IDs, or fingerprints. Our tool analytics honors Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control. Ad interactions are not included. Analytics failures do not stop conversion or downloads. The preference is stored locally without an identifier. Where prior consent is required or the applicable policy is unconfirmed, statistics stay off until you opt in below. You can withdraw consent or opt out here at any time. A prior refusal remains respected. Continue Editing events record only the source and destination tool and coarse format/count categories. This preference is separate from any advertising consent message.

We use the hosting provider's coarse country signal only to choose a reviewed consent policy. We do not add the country or your IP address to tool events. Where the applicable requirements are unconfirmed, we require prior consent.

Verify it for yourself

1. Open your browser’s developer tools and select Network.
2. Add an image, PDF, audio file or video, choose an available operation, and run it.
3. Inspect the requests. Site assets, Cloudflare analytics, and Google advertising requests may appear. Small POST requests to /api/analytics contain only the usage fields described above. There is no file upload or server-side conversion request.

Some formats load extra code the first time you use them. Offline conversion is only possible once all code needed for that format has loaded; this website does not install an offline cache.

For a question about this notice, contact FormatPlease. Include the relevant tool and browser rather than sending private files. See also the terms of use and software notices.