SoftCut Privacy Policy

Effective date: 30 October 2026

App: SoftCut – Video Editor (com.softcut.editor) for Android

Developer: SoftX Lab

Contact: support@softxlab.in

SoftCut is a video editor that works entirely on your phone. This policy explains what the app does with your information. In short: SoftCut does not collect, send or share any of your data. It has no accounts, no ads, no analytics and no tracking, and it does not have permission to use the internet.

What SoftCut does not do

• It does not connect to the internet. The app does not request Android's internet permission, so it cannot send anything off your phone by itself.

• It does not collect personal information, such as your name, email address, phone number, contacts or location.

• It does not use advertising, analytics, crash-reporting or tracking services, and it contains no third-party code that does.

• It does not sell or share data with anyone, because it has none to sell or share.

What stays on your phone

To work as a video editor, SoftCut keeps these files on your device. None of them leave it unless you choose to share them (see below).

• Your projects. Your edits, and copies of the photos, videos and music you add to a project, are kept in SoftCut's own app storage on your phone.

• Media you pick. SoftCut only sees the files you choose in Android's file picker. It does not scan your gallery or ask for access to all your photos and videos.

• Exported videos. When you export, the finished video is saved to the Movies/SoftCut folder on your phone, so it appears in your gallery.

• Settings. Your choices (theme, accent colour, proxies and Save logs) and your list of recent projects.

• Temporary files. Smaller preview copies of large videos, thumbnails and similar files that the app can recreate. Android may clear these at any time.

• The log. A text file that helps with fixing problems (Settings › Logs). Crashes are always recorded, along with how the app last closed (for example, whether it crashed or was stopped). Everything else is recorded only if you turn on Save logs, which is off by default. This includes details about editing, exporting and the video tools on your phone. The log may include your phone's make and model, its Android version, the app's version, and the names of your projects and files. It never contains your pictures, videos or sound.

When information leaves your phone

Only when you choose to send it:

• Sharing a video. If you tap Share after an export, Android's share sheet opens and you choose where the video goes.

• Sharing the log. If you tap Share logs, Android's share sheet opens with the log file, and you choose who receives it, for example by email to someone who is helping you.

In both cases, the app or service you pick receives the file, and its own privacy policy applies. SoftCut itself never sends anything.

Google Play handles downloading and updating the app, and Google's privacy policy applies to that.

Permissions

SoftCut does not ask for runtime permissions such as camera, microphone, location, contacts or full access to your photos and videos. It reads only the files you pick, and it saves exports through Android's media storage. It does not request the internet permission.

Deleting your data

• The log: turn off Save logs and choose Delete log, under Settings › Logs.

• A project: delete its folder from SoftCut's app storage with a file manager. Removing a project from Recent projects only takes it off the list.

• Everything else: uninstalling SoftCut removes its settings, log, temporary files and projects. Videos you exported to Movies/SoftCut stay in your gallery until you delete them.

We hold no copy of your data, so there is nothing for us to delete on our side.

Children

SoftCut is a general-audience app and does not collect personal information from anyone, including children under 13.

Open-source software

SoftCut uses open-source components, such as FFmpeg, that run entirely on your phone. They are listed under Settings › About › Open-source licences. None of them send data anywhere.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted at the same address with a new effective date. If SoftCut ever starts collecting data, this policy will be updated before that change is released.

Contact

Questions about this policy or about SoftCut: support@softxlab.in