Clearroll Privacy Policy

Effective 2 October 2026

What the app accesses, and why

• Photos and videos. Clearroll reads your gallery to show each item as a card with its size, date, folder and file name, and to group items into stacks such as large videos or screenshots. It asks for the photo and video permissions (READ_MEDIA_IMAGES, READ_MEDIA_VIDEO, or "Select photos and videos" for limited access, and READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE on Android 12 and older). All of this happens on your phone.
• Media management (optional, Android 12 and later). If you turn on one-tap cleaning in Android's settings (MANAGE_MEDIA), Clearroll can move items you chose to Android's trash without asking each time. It stays off unless you turn it on.
• Notifications (optional). If you turn on the weekly reminder, Clearroll asks to send notifications (POST_NOTIFICATIONS). The reminder is scheduled on your phone.
• Google Play billing. Used only to sell Clearroll Pro (see below).

Every permission the app requests

This is the full list in the app's manifest, including the ones added by the Android and Google libraries it's built with. None of them is used to collect information about you.

READ_MEDIA_IMAGES, READ_MEDIA_VIDEO

Android 13 and later. Read your photos and videos to show them as cards and work out their sizes.

READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED

Android 14 and later. If you choose "Select photos and videos", read only the items you picked.

READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Android 12 and older only. Same purpose as the two above, on older versions of Android.

MANAGE_MEDIA

Optional, Android 12 and later. Lets one-tap cleaning move items you chose to Android's trash without a confirmation each time. Off unless you turn it on in Android's settings.

POST_NOTIFICATIONS

Optional, Android 13 and later. Shows the weekly reminder if you turn it on.

com.android.vending.BILLING

Lets you buy Clearroll Pro through Google Play.

INTERNET

Added by Google's Play Billing Library so it can reach Google Play for prices and purchases. Clearroll itself doesn't connect to any server.

ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE, WAKE_LOCK, RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED, FOREGROUND_SERVICE

Added by Android's WorkManager, which schedules the weekly reminder and keeps it scheduled after your phone restarts. The video player library also declares the first two.

com.deletewithfun.clearroll.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Defined by the AndroidX library for Clearroll itself, so that only Clearroll can send messages to its own internal components. No other app can hold it.

What the app keeps on your phone

• Your decisions in the current swipe session, so you can pick up where you left off.
• The items you chose to keep in each stack, so they don't come back next time.
• A record of the items you moved to trash, with their sizes and dates, for the Trash screen and the "cleared this week" total.
• A few settings, such as whether you've seen the gesture guide and whether the weekly reminder is on.

This stays in the app's private storage on your phone. Clearroll opts out of Android backup and device-to-device transfer, so none of it is copied to your Google account or to a new phone.

What leaves your phone

• Nothing comes to us. We don't run servers, and the app has no analytics, crash-reporting or advertising tools.
• Purchases go through Google Play. When you open the Pro screen or buy Pro, the app talks to Google Play through Google's Play Billing Library to show prices and handle the purchase. Google processes your payment and purchase details, and the library may send Google diagnostic information about the billing connection, under the Google Privacy Policy. We never see your payment details.
• Sharing is your choice. "Share result" opens Android's share sheet with a short line of text such as "I cleared 1.2 GB with Clearroll". Nothing is sent unless you pick an app to share it with.

Deleting files and data

• Clearroll never deletes a file on its own. Items you trash go to Android's trash, where you can restore them for about 30 days before Android removes them. Moving to trash, restoring, emptying the trash and adding favourites all go through Android's own confirmation, unless you've turned on one-tap cleaning.
• To remove everything Clearroll keeps, clear the app's storage in Android's settings or uninstall the app.

Children

Clearroll isn't directed at children under 13, and it doesn't collect personal information from anyone.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, this page will be updated and the effective date above will change.

Contact

Questions about this policy: souravrawatmail@gmail.com