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Privacy policy.

The Discord extension runs entirely in your browser. We don't collect, transmit, or sell user data of any kind.

Last updated: 2026-05-06

Plain-English summary. The extension reads the Discord page in your own browser, lets you act on what's already on screen (download an avatar, export a channel, etc.), and writes results to your local disk. Nothing leaves your computer except (optionally) selected text you choose to translate, which is sent to Google's free public translation endpoint.

What stays local

Everything the extension does happens inside your browser session. That includes:

Reading rendered Discord messages, member lists, avatars, emojis, and attachments from the DOM.
Building ZIP archives of media you choose to export — bundled in-page and saved directly to your Downloads folder.
Configuration: which modules you've enabled, your translator target language, and your sidebar-hider toggles. Stored via Chrome's chrome.storage.sync.

What goes over the network

Two network paths exist, and only one is invoked during normal use:

Translation (only when you right-click selected text and pick "Translate"). The selected text is sent to translate.googleapis.com over HTTPS. No user identifier is attached. Google's privacy policy applies to that request.
Attachment fetch (when you run a bulk media exporter). Discord CDN URLs (cdn.discordapp.com, media.discordapp.net) are fetched directly from Discord's servers using your existing browser session. No third party is involved.

The extension does not contact any analytics, telemetry, or first-party server. There is no backend.

Permissions, in plain English

storage — to remember your settings between sessions.
downloads — to save avatars, emojis, and exported archives via Chrome's download manager.
activeTab — so the popup can talk to the Discord tab you're currently looking at.
contextMenus — declared for completeness; the extension uses an in-page custom menu instead, but the permission is reserved.
host_permissions for discord.com, Discord CDNs, and translate.googleapis.com — required to read Discord's DOM, fetch attachments for the bulk exporter, and call the translation endpoint.

What we don't do

No tracking. No analytics. No cookies set by the extension.
No data sold or shared with third parties.
No account creation, no sign-in, no credentials handled.
No background scraping. The extension only acts when you click a button or right-click an element.
No use of your Discord authentication token. The extension never reads localStorage or other credential stores.

Data retention

The extension stores configuration locally. You can clear it any time via chrome://extensions (Remove extension data), or by signing out of Chrome on the device.

Children

This extension is not directed at children under 13. It operates on Discord's web client, which has its own age requirements.

Changes

If this policy materially changes, the date at the top will be updated and a note added to the extension page.

Contact

Questions: open an issue or reach out via /contact.