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StorageRadar keeps core storage data on your Mac.

This policy explains what StorageRadar stores locally, when limited data may leave your Mac, how analytics and diagnostics behave, and what controls you have in Settings.

Last updated: March 25, 2026
Privacy-by-default summary

StorageRadar does not require a StorageRadar account for core app usage, does not offer cloud sync for scan data, and is designed so that scan paths, file metadata, reports, cleanup history, and MCP access stay local unless a clearly scoped remote feature is used.

Scope

This privacy policy describes the StorageRadar macOS app and the limited companion services used by the app when it is distributed through Apple platforms.

StorageRadar is designed around local-first storage analysis. Core scan data, cleanup history, reports, and related metadata are meant to stay on your Mac rather than in a cloud account.

What stays on your Mac

StorageRadar stores its core working data locally in Application Support and local preferences. The app does not require a StorageRadar account and does not provide cloud sync for scans, snapshots, reports, or cleanup history.

  • Scan sessions, indexes, and node metadata
  • Reports snapshots and local diff artifacts
  • Operation log history for cleanup actions
  • Local usage counters and some UI preferences
  • MCP configuration, path policy, and other app-specific local settings

Primary local stores

StorageRadar uses local storage under ~/Library/Application Support/StorageRadar/, including IndexStore/, ReportsStore/, and operation-log.json.

Local preferences

The app also uses local preference storage for appearance and language choices, selected tabs, filter drafts, local usage metrics, Disk Map parameters, MCP configuration, and related device-level settings.

Data that may leave your Mac

StorageRadar keeps its core storage analysis local, but some limited remote services can be involved depending on the feature you use or the settings you keep enabled.

Privacy-safe product analytics

StorageRadar can send low-cardinality product event summaries to Aptabase. According to the current app documentation and shipping settings copy, this analytics delivery is enabled by default and can be turned off in Settings.

Remote analytics is intentionally minimized and does not include scan paths, file names, bundle identifiers, snapshot labels, raw scan payloads, MCP secrets, or raw error text.

Diagnostics and user-initiated feedback

StorageRadar can send crash diagnostics, manual test errors, and in-app feedback to Sentry. Current app documentation indicates that Sentry delivery is enabled by default and can be turned off in Settings.

Scan files are not attached automatically. In-app feedback is an explicit user action rather than a hidden background upload.

Purchases and restore

If you buy or restore a StorageRadar unlock, Apple purchase systems such as StoreKit are involved. StorageRadar uses those flows to determine entitlement state, while Apple's handling of payment and store account information is governed by Apple's own policies.

StorageRadar does not require you to create a separate app account to use core features.

Local-only MCP integration

StorageRadar's MCP integration is designed to stay local on 127.0.0.1 and read-only. It does not provide remote cloud processing, file-content access, delete operations, or move operations.

Permissions and filesystem access

StorageRadar may request macOS permissions that are relevant to storage analysis and cleanup workflows, such as access needed to inspect protected folders or app-related locations.

These permissions are used to improve local coverage on your Mac. They do not change the product's local-first design, and blocked paths are surfaced explicitly when access is incomplete.

Retention, deletion, and your choices

Because StorageRadar stores its core data locally and does not require an account, the main privacy controls are available directly on your Mac through the app and through local file removal.

  • You can turn off privacy-safe product analytics in Settings to stop new analytics delivery.
  • You can turn off Sentry diagnostics and feedback delivery in Settings to stop new Sentry delivery.
  • You can clear the local operation log and reset local usage metrics in Settings.
  • You can delete snapshots from Reports and clear local analytics fallback data from Settings where available.
  • For complete local data removal, uninstall the app and remove the StorageRadar Application Support folder from your Mac.

Important limitation

Turning off analytics or diagnostics stops new delivery. It does not retroactively erase information that may already have been processed by the relevant provider before you disabled the setting.

Because StorageRadar does not maintain a required user account for core app usage, we generally do not have a customer profile that maps your local scan history to an online identity.

No advertising profile or cloud workspace

StorageRadar is not built around advertising profiles, cross-service tracking, or a hosted cloud workspace for your scans and cleanup history.

The app's core value proposition is local review-first analysis on your Mac, not remote storage of your filesystem activity.

Contact

If you have privacy questions about StorageRadar, or if you need help understanding which local controls apply to your setup, contact us at the address below.

If your data practices change, this page should be updated before the matching App Store privacy metadata is published for a new version.