ClipMint privacy policy

Last updated: 4 October 2026 (v1.26.0)

ClipMint is a free, open-source desktop app that turns long videos into Shorts. It is made by Parth Bhadana. This policy covers the ClipMint app for Windows, macOS and Linux, and the source code at github.com/kleZ799/clipmint.

The short version: ClipMint has no servers and no accounts. Everything it stores stays on your own computer. The developer never receives your videos, your YouTube data or your sign-in.

ClipMint uses YouTube API Services

If you choose to connect a YouTube channel, ClipMint uses YouTube API Services to upload your clips to that channel. By connecting, you agree to the YouTube Terms of Service. Google's use of your information is covered by the Google Privacy Policy.

Connecting YouTube is optional. ClipMint works fully without it.

What ClipMint gets from your Google account, and why

When you press Connect YouTube, your browser opens Google's own sign-in page. ClipMint never sees your Google password. Google asks you to allow two permissions:

Permission What ClipMint does with it

Manage your YouTube videos (youtube.upload) Uploads a clip when you press Upload to YouTube, with the title, description, tags, category, audience setting and schedule you can see and edit in the app. It never uploads anything by itself.

View your YouTube account (youtube.readonly) Shows the name of the channel you connected, so you can check that clips go to the right one. After an upload, reads back that one video's privacy status to tell you if YouTube kept it private. Reads your channel's list of uploads and the view, like and comment counts of the videos that are your ClipMint clips, so the app can show how each one did and learn which kinds of clip do well on your channel.

Permission	What ClipMint does with it
Manage your YouTube videos (`youtube.upload`)	Uploads a clip when you press Upload to YouTube, with the title, description, tags, category, audience setting and schedule you can see and edit in the app. It never uploads anything by itself.
View your YouTube account (`youtube.readonly`)	Shows the name of the channel you connected, so you can check that clips go to the right one. After an upload, reads back that one video's privacy status to tell you if YouTube kept it private. Reads your channel's list of uploads and the view, like and comment counts of the videos that are your ClipMint clips, so the app can show how each one did and learn which kinds of clip do well on your channel.

ClipMint does not delete, edit or comment on anything on your channel. It does not read your watch history, subscriptions, analytics or any other videos.

What ClipMint stores, and where

Everything below is stored only on your computer, in ClipMint's settings folder (%APPDATA%\ClipMint on Windows, ~/Library/Application Support/ClipMint on macOS, ~/.config/ClipMint on Linux) or beside your clips:

Your Google sign-in token (youtube_token.json), which lets ClipMint upload without asking you to sign in every time. It stays until you disconnect.
Your channel's name and ID. ClipMint refreshes these from YouTube at least every 30 days, or deletes them.
A record of each upload: the video's ID, when it was uploaded and its privacy setting, saved with that clip so the app can show "On YouTube" and open it in Studio. ClipMint deletes these once they are 30 days old, the next time it starts.
How each of your clips did on YouTube: its video's ID, views, likes, comments and publish date, saved with that clip. Clips you uploaded yourself are found by matching their title against your channel's list of uploads; the list is used for that match and not kept. The numbers are refreshed each time the app checks (at most every six hours, or when you press Check now) and deleted once they are 30 days old without a refresh. What the app concludes from them is worked out afresh each time from the numbers it has, and never stored.
Your upload choices (privacy, category, made-for-kids), kept in the app window's local storage so the form remembers them.
Your caption style and edit choices, kept the same way.
Your Pexels key, if you add one for B-roll, in the settings file. It stays until you remove it in Settings.
Your logo, if you upload one, in the settings folder. It stays until you remove it in Settings.
How busy a stream's chat was, second by second, when the video you gave it was a YouTube stream with a public chat replay. ClipMint downloads the replay from YouTube the same way it downloads the video, counts how many messages arrived each second, and deletes the replay straight away. Only those counts are kept, in a small file beside the downloaded video. No viewer's name or message is kept, and none is ever sent anywhere, including to the AI provider.

ClipMint does not use cookies or any tracking or analytics. The YouTube sign-in cookies feature, used only to download videos when YouTube asks for proof you're not a bot, reads cookies on your own computer and passes them only to YouTube.

Who your information is shared with

The developer: nobody. ClipMint has no server, and nothing is sent to the developer.
Google and YouTube: your clips and their details go to YouTube when you upload, and to Google when you sign in.
The AI provider you choose (Google Gemini, Groq or OpenAI), using your own API key: the clip's transcript text, a few still frames from each clip, the source video's title and description, and what you type in the What to make box, so it can understand what you asked for, pick moments and write titles. The box is read once you stop typing, not on every key. When a clip is spoken in Hindi, its words are also sent so the captions can be written in Roman script. Nothing from your Google account or YouTube channel is ever sent to an AI provider.
Pexels, only if you add a Pexels key and tick B-roll: a search of one to three words for each cutaway (for example "city at night"), sent with your own key, and the stock video it finds downloaded to your computer. Nothing you said, no frame of your video and nothing from your Google account is sent.
GitHub: the app checks GitHub for updates and for a newer copy of its writing guide. These requests carry no personal data.

ClipMint does not sell or rent anything to anyone.

How to disconnect and delete your data

In the app: Settings → Post to your channel → Disconnect. ClipMint gives its permission back to Google and immediately deletes the sign-in token, the channel details, every upload record and every clip's view counts.
At Google: remove ClipMint at security.google.com/settings/security/permissions. The next time ClipMint tries to use the permission, it finds it withdrawn and deletes the token and channel details. Upload records are deleted once they are 30 days old, the next time ClipMint starts.
By hand: delete the ClipMint settings folder listed above. That removes everything ClipMint has stored.

Videos you uploaded stay on YouTube until you delete them in YouTube Studio, because they are yours.

Children

ClipMint is not directed at children under 13. When you upload, the app asks you to answer YouTube's "made for kids" question for each video.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version is published in this file, and the change is visible in the repository's history.

Contact

Questions about privacy: parthbhadana57@gmail.com, or open an issue at github.com/kleZ799/clipmint/issues.