Get the appPrivacy & security: exactly where your files go
Every Filo tool, and what happens to your file when you use it, on the web and in the app. No vague promises, one line per tool.
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Summary
Most
On your device in the app
Scanning and most app tools process files on your phone. In the app, PDF to Word, PowerPoint, Excel or Text, PowerPoint or Excel to PDF, and background removal on Android use a secure server.
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Zero upload on the web
These run inside your browser tab, so the file is not uploaded to our servers.
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Secure server pass on the web
Office formats need a server to keep layouts faithful. The file is deleted when the conversion finishes.
Tool by tool
33 tools shown
| Tool | On the web | In the app |
|---|---|---|
| DOC to PDFConversion | Server pass, deleted when the conversion finishes | On your device |
| PDF to DOCConversion | Server pass, deleted when the conversion finishes | Secure server |
| PDF to PPTConversion | Server pass, deleted when the conversion finishes | Secure server |
| PDF to XLSConversion | Server pass, deleted when the conversion finishes | Secure server |
| PPT to PDFConversion | Server pass, deleted when the conversion finishes | Secure server |
| XLS to PDFConversion | Server pass, deleted when the conversion finishes | Secure server |
| Document Viewer (PPT/XLS)Utilities | Server pass, deleted when the conversion finishes | On your device |
| Extract Text (OCR)Smart Scan | In your browser, zero upload | On your device |
| ID Photo MakerSmart Scan | In your browser, zero upload | On your device, except background removal on Android |
| Scan DocumentSmart Scan | In your browser, zero upload | On your device |
| Scan ID CardSmart Scan | In your browser, zero upload | On your device |
| Scan PassportSmart Scan | In your browser, zero upload | On your device |
| Scan QR CodeSmart Scan | In your browser, zero upload | On your device |
| HEIC to JPGConversion | In your browser, zero upload | On your device |
| HEIC to PNGConversion | In your browser, zero upload | On your device |
| HEIC to WEBPConversion | In your browser, zero upload | On your device |
| Image to PDFConversion | In your browser, zero upload | On your device |
| PDF to JPGConversion | In your browser, zero upload | On your device |
| PDF to PNGConversion | In your browser, zero upload | On your device |
| PDF to TXT (OCR)Conversion | In your browser, zero upload | Secure server |
| WEBP to JPGConversion | In your browser, zero upload | On your device |
| WEBP to PNGConversion | In your browser, zero upload | On your device |
| Merge PDFPDF Tools | In your browser, zero upload | On your device |
| PDF ReaderPDF Tools | In your browser, zero upload | On your device |
| Sign PDFPDF Tools | In your browser, zero upload | On your device |
| Split PDFPDF Tools | In your browser, zero upload | On your device |
| Crop ImageImage Tools | In your browser, zero upload | On your device |
| Image CompressImage Tools | In your browser, zero upload | On your device |
| Resize ImageImage Tools | In your browser, zero upload | On your device |
| Split ImageImage Tools | In your browser, zero upload | On your device |
| ASCII ConverterUtilities | In your browser, zero upload | On your device |
| Base64 Encoder/DecoderUtilities | In your browser, zero upload | On your device |
| Print PDFUtilities | In your browser, zero upload | On your device |
What the server pass does
For the 7 Office-format web tools, your file is sent over an encrypted connection, converted on our server, returned to your browser and deleted when the conversion finishes. No account is involved.
In the app, PDF to Word, PowerPoint, Excel or Text, PowerPoint or Excel to PDF, and background removal on Android use a secure server. Other app tools run on your phone.
What we don’t do
- Ask you to create an account
- Keep a file after a server conversion finishes
- Add watermarks to your output
The legal version
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