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Most tools never see your files. The few that do delete them within seconds.
Last updated: September 2026
The short version
PDFVerge has two kinds of tools. Browser tools (merge, split, compress, rotate, watermark, page numbers, header and footer, unlock, JPG/PNG to PDF and PDF to JPG/PNG) run as JavaScript inside your browser. Your file is read from your own device into its memory, changed there, and saved back to your downloads. It is never sent to us.
Server tools (Word to PDF, Excel to PDF, PowerPoint to PDF and PDF to Word) need software that runs on a server, so your file is uploaded to our server over an encrypted HTTPS connection, converted (by LibreOffice, or for PDF to Word by our open-source converter), and deleted in the same request as soon as the result is sent back to you. This normally takes a few seconds. We do not keep copies, back them up, share them, or look at their contents.
What we collect
- Standard web server logs when you load a page: IP address, time, page requested and browser user agent. These are kept for security and troubleshooting.
- For server tools only, one log line per conversion: the file type, its size, how long the conversion took and whether it worked, plus a one-way hash of your IP address used to stop abuse. The file name and contents are not logged. These records are deleted after 90 days.
- Tool pages load code libraries from a public CDN (cdnjs.cloudflare.com). That request goes to Cloudflare and carries none of your files.
Cookies
The tools set no cookies and need none. If advertising or analytics is added in future, this page will say exactly what is set and why before it goes live.
How to check it yourself
Open your browser's developer tools, go to the Network tab and use any browser tool: you will see the page and its libraries load, and no request carrying your document. Use a server tool and you will see exactly one upload to api.pdfverge.com, and the PDF coming back.
Children
This site is a general-purpose utility and is not directed at children.
Changes and contact
If this policy changes, the date at the top changes with it. Questions go to support@pdfverge.com.
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