Last updated: October 30, 2026
Disk Mop ("we", "our", "the application") is developed by Lova Software. This Privacy Policy covers the Disk Mop desktop application for Windows and macOS, the Disk Mop app for Android, and DiskMop for iPhone — a photo and video cleaner on the App Store. Sections 2 to 6 describe the desktop and Android applications; section 7 covers the iPhone app, and section 8 adds what is specific to the Android app. We are committed to protecting your privacy.
Disk Mop operates entirely on your local computer. We do not collect, store, or transmit any of the following: • Personal files, documents, photos, or videos • File names, folder names, or directory structures • Browsing history or browser data • Passwords, credentials, or financial information All scanning, analysis, and cleaning operations are performed locally on your device. No file data ever leaves your computer.
Disk Mop stores the following data locally on your device: • License key and activation status (encrypted) • Application preferences (language, theme, settings) • Scheduled cleanup configurations This data is stored in your system's application data directory and is never transmitted to external servers except as described in Section 4.
Disk Mop uses an internet connection only for the following purposes: • License validation: Your license key is verified against our licensing server (api.diskmop.com) to confirm its validity. Only the license key is transmitted — no personal data, file information, or system details are sent. • Automatic updates: The application checks for new versions via GitHub Releases and downloads updates when available. • Anonymous usage statistics: At start-up the app sends a random anonymous device ID (generated by the app, not linked to you or your hardware), your operating system name and version, CPU architecture and the app version, so we can count installations and updates. While you use the app it also reports a few anonymous steps — that a scan was started, that the upgrade screen was opened or the purchase button was clicked, that a free deletion was used — together with the name of the screen or scan type. File names, paths and file contents are never sent. No other network communication occurs during normal operation.
• Polar.sh: If you purchase a license, payment is processed through Polar.sh. Polar.sh handles all payment data (credit card information, billing address) according to their own privacy policy. We do not store or have access to your payment details. • GitHub: Application updates are hosted on GitHub Releases. GitHub's privacy policy applies to the download of update files. • Google Analytics: Our website (diskmop.com) uses Google Analytics to understand website traffic. This does not apply to the desktop application itself.
Our website at diskmop.com uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous usage statistics such as page views, geographic region, and referral sources. This data helps us improve our website. You can opt out of Google Analytics by using browser extensions or cookie settings. The desktop application only sends the anonymous usage statistics described in Section 4.
DiskMop for iPhone asks for access to your photo library so that it can find similar and duplicate photos, screenshots, blurry shots, screen recordings, Live Photos and large videos. The analysis runs entirely on your iPhone using Apple's Vision framework. Your photos and videos are never uploaded, copied off the device, or sent to us or to anyone else. • No account and no sign-in. The app has no registration and no user account. • No server. It does not contact any Disk Mop server. The licensing server used by the desktop application (api.diskmop.com) is not used by the iPhone app. • No tracking. There is no analytics SDK, no advertising SDK and no crash reporting service. Our App Store privacy label states Data Not Collected. Stored on your device: a local cache of the scan results (image fingerprints and file sizes), your preferences, and whether the one-time purchase has been made. This data stays in the app's own container on your iPhone, is removed when you delete the app, and is never transmitted anywhere. Purchases: the one-time purchase is processed by Apple through the App Store. The app only asks StoreKit whether the purchase exists; we do not receive or store your name, payment details or Apple Account. Apple's privacy policy applies to the transaction. Polar.sh, which handles desktop licence payments, is not involved. Deleting photos: when you delete photos, the app asks iOS to do it and iOS shows its own confirmation. Deleted items go to the Recently Deleted album for 30 days, so storage is not freed immediately. The app cannot access or remove anything you did not select. Email cleaner (optional, Gmail) If you choose to use the email cleaner, you sign in with your Google Account and allow DiskMop to access your Gmail (scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.modify). The app reads message headers and short previews (sender, subject, date, labels and unsubscribe links) only to list your mail by category and sender, and it moves the messages you explicitly select to the Gmail Trash, where you can restore them for 30 days. When you choose to unsubscribe, the app sends the unsubscribe request to the address the sender published in the email. The app never sends or composes email and never deletes messages permanently. Everything happens directly between your iPhone and Google. Your email content and Google Account data are never sent to Disk Mop servers, never stored outside your device, never shared with or sold to third parties, never used for advertising or to train AI models, and never read by people. Sign-in tokens are kept in the iOS Keychain on your device. You can disconnect in the app at any time and revoke access at https://myaccount.google.com/permissions. Retention and deletion: DiskMop keeps no copy of your Gmail data. Message lists are held in memory only while the email cleaner is open and are discarded when you leave it. The only things saved on your device are your cleaning preferences (age, read/unread, and any protected keywords you type) and the sign-in tokens. Disconnecting in the app revokes the token with Google and deletes it from the Keychain, and deleting the app removes everything. Because we hold no Google user data, there is nothing for us to retain or delete on our servers. Messages you move to the Gmail Trash stay there and are deleted by Google after 30 days unless you restore them. Data protection: all communication with Google uses encrypted HTTPS (TLS) connections. Sign-in uses OAuth 2.0 with PKCE in the system's secure web sign-in session, so DiskMop never sees your Google password. Sign-in tokens are stored in the iOS Keychain, which iOS encrypts, and are available only to DiskMop on this device: they are not synced to iCloud and not restored to other devices. Gmail data is never written to disk or to logs; it exists only in memory while the email cleaner is open. Because it never leaves your iPhone except to and from Google, no DiskMop server, no one at DiskMop and no third party can access it. An unsubscribe request is sent automatically only to an HTTPS address the sender published and only when Google reports that the message passed its sender-authentication (DKIM) check; otherwise the sender's page opens so you can confirm it yourself. DiskMop's use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
The Android app analyses your phone's storage, photos, videos and contacts entirely on the device. Photo analysis (similar and duplicate photos, blurry shots, search by content) uses on-device machine-learning models: Google ML Kit image labeling and a model bundled in the app. Your photos and videos are never uploaded. • Contacts. If you allow access to your contacts, the app reads them on your phone to find duplicate and incomplete contact cards. Before it merges or deletes contacts, it saves a backup inside the app's private storage on your phone (the last five backups are kept) so you can restore them. Your contacts and these backups are never sent to us or to anyone else, and they are removed when you uninstall the app. • Private vault. Photos and videos you move into the vault are encrypted on your phone with a key protected by the Android Keystore. They are excluded from device backups and leave your phone only if you export them yourself. • Deleting photos. On Android 11 and later, deleted photos and videos go to the system Trash for 30 days; on Android 8 to 10 they are deleted permanently. • Subscriptions and purchases. DiskMop Pro is sold through Google Play. Google processes the payment; the app only asks Google Play whether you have an active subscription or purchase. We do not receive your name or payment details, and Google's privacy policy applies to the transaction. An existing Disk Mop licence key can still be entered in Settings; it is checked as described in Section 4. • What the Android app sends. Only: the anonymous start-up ping described in Section 4 (random device ID, Android version, CPU architecture, app version); an automatic crash report if the app crashes (error message and stack trace, phone manufacturer and model, Android version and app version — never files, photos or contacts); and the message, email address and attachments you choose to send through the support form. • Google ML Kit. The on-device ML Kit library may send Google anonymous diagnostic information (such as device model, Android and app version, and performance metrics) as described in Google's ML Kit data disclosure. It never sends your photos.
Disk Mop is a general-purpose utility application. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Since the application does not collect personal data, there are no age-specific data concerns.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. Continued use of the application after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: Email: diskmopdev@gmail.com Website: https://diskmop.com Developer: Lova Software — https://lovasoftware.com