Privacy policy.

Effective May 6, 2026

Yoink is local-first. Every capture, note, and entry in your library stays on your device. We do not run servers, we do not have user accounts, and we do not collect, transmit, or sell your data.

What Yoink does with your data

Yoink is a Chrome extension that captures a screenshot of the webpage you are viewing when you click the Yoink toolbar icon. Each capture, along with its metadata (page title, source URL, favicon, extracted typography and color details, and any notes you add), is stored locally in your browser's IndexedDB and chrome.storage.local. None of this leaves your device.

What we do not do

No analytics. No event tracking, no telemetry, no usage pings.
No accounts. Yoink does not require sign-up or sign-in.
No servers. The extension makes zero outbound network requests.
No third parties. Nothing about you or your captures is shared with anyone.
No remote code. All scripts ship inside the extension package.

Permissions, explained

Chrome requires extensions to declare the capabilities they use. Here is exactly why Yoink asks for each one.

activeTab, scripting, tabs. To read the current page when you click the icon, so we can measure it, scroll it, and extract its design details for the Page X-Ray.
host permissions (all URLs). So you can capture any page you choose to visit. Access only happens when you initiate a capture.
storage, unlimitedStorage. To save captures and preferences locally. Full-page screenshots are large, and your library can grow over time.
downloads. So you can save captures as PNG, PDF, or X-Ray SVG files when you click a download action.
clipboardWrite. So the Copy actions can place screenshots or X-Ray SVG onto your clipboard for pasting into Figma and other tools.
favicon. So the library can display the source-site favicon next to each capture.

Where your data lives

All captures and library data live inside your Chrome profile, in the same kind of local browser storage that any web app uses for offline data. You can delete individual captures from the library at any time, or remove all data at once by uninstalling Yoink from chrome://extensions.

Children

Yoink is not directed at children under the age of 13 and does not knowingly collect any information from anyone, of any age.

Changes to this policy

If we ever change how Yoink handles data, we will update this page and revise the effective date at the top. Material changes will be called out clearly in the extension's release notes.

Contact

Questions, concerns, or a bug report worth filing? Reach the team at hello@frame.so.