Privacy

Privacy Policy

Effective 17 October 2026 · Applies to Sticky Clipboard for macOS

Who we are

Sticky Clipboard is made by Pawapps. If you have a question about this policy, write to [email protected].

Data the app collects

None. Sticky Clipboard has no accounts, no analytics, no advertising, no tracking and no third-party services. The app is built without network access, so nothing about you, your Mac or your clipboard is sent to us or to anyone else.

On the App Store, Sticky Clipboard's privacy label is “Data Not Collected”.

What the app stores on your Mac

To be a clipboard manager, Sticky Clipboard keeps a history of what you copy. This history is stored only on your Mac, inside the app's own protected storage area (its sandbox container). For each item it stores:

• The content you copied, in the formats the copying app provided (for example plain text, formatted text, an image or a reference to a file).
• The name and identifier of the app it was copied from, and when it was copied and last used.
• Anything you add yourself: titles, edits, and the pinboards you create.

For copied files, the app stores the file's location and a system bookmark so you can paste the file again later. The file itself is not copied.

Your settings (shortcut, history length, appearance and similar options) are stored with the operating system's standard settings storage on your Mac.

What the app does not store

• Items that apps mark as confidential, such as passwords copied from a password manager, are skipped by default (Settings ▸ Privacy ▸ Skip Passwords).
• Items that apps mark as temporary or auto-generated are skipped by default (Settings ▸ Privacy ▸ Skip Temporary Clips).
• Nothing is saved while capture is paused, or while an app on your Ignore Applications list is in front.

Keeping and deleting your history

• Items older than the period you choose in Settings ▸ General ▸ Keep For (one month by default) are deleted automatically. Pinned items are kept.
• You can delete any item, or erase your entire history with Delete All in Settings ▸ Privacy.
• Deleting a pinboard deletes the items on it.
• Removing the app from your Mac removes its storage, including your history.

Accessibility access

Sticky Clipboard asks for Accessibility access for one purpose: to send a ⌘V keystroke to the app you are using after you choose a clip, so the clip is pasted for you. It does not use this access to read, record or control anything else. The permission is optional: without it, choosing a clip places it on the clipboard and you paste it yourself. You can turn it off at any time in System Settings ▸ Privacy & Security ▸ Accessibility.

Screen sharing

By default the Sticky Clipboard panel is hidden from screen sharing and screen recordings, so your clips are not shown to others by accident. You can change this in Settings ▸ Privacy.

Purchases

Sticky Clipboard is distributed through Apple's App Store. Purchases are handled entirely by Apple; we never receive your payment details. Apple's handling of your information is described in Apple's Privacy Policy.

Diagnostics from Apple

If you have chosen to share analytics with app developers in your Mac's settings, Apple may give us aggregated, anonymous crash and usage statistics. Sticky Clipboard itself does not collect or send this information, and it cannot be used to identify you or see your clipboard.

Children

Sticky Clipboard does not collect personal information from anyone, including children.

Contacting support

If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you include in your message. We use it only to reply to you and do not share it. Please don't send us the contents of your clipboard unless you want us to see them.

This website

This policy is about the Sticky Clipboard app. The pawapps.com website is separate: it uses PostHog, a product-analytics service, to understand how the site is used, such as which pages are viewed, the referring site, and browser and device type. The app contains none of this.

Changes to this policy

If Sticky Clipboard's handling of data ever changes, this page will be updated and the effective date above will change. Material changes will also be noted in the app's release notes.

Contact

Pawapps · [email protected]