DeskNest privacy policy

Last updated: 12 November 2026

DeskNest is a desktop organiser for Windows. It runs on your own PC. This page explains what it stores, and what happens to your data if you choose to sign in with Google.

What stays on your PC

DeskNest keeps its settings, your fences, rules, notes and snapshots in a folder on your PC (%APPDATA%\DeskNest). The developer does not run any server that receives this information, and DeskNest does not include analytics, advertising or tracking.

Checking for updates

Once a day a licensed copy of DeskNest asks our small update server (hosted by Cloudflare) whether a newer version is out. So that only buyers get updates, that request shows your licence key, which holds the name you gave when you bought it and your PC's code, not your PC's identity. Nothing else about you or your files is sent, and the server doesn't store the key. You can turn the daily check off in Settings › About. DeskNest only installs an update after you click Update, and it checks the download against a signature and a checksum first.

About once an hour DeskNest also downloads the public list of withdrawn licence keys from the same server. That request sends nothing about you. Like any website, the server's host may keep short-lived technical logs such as your internet address.

Buying a licence

DeskNest shows a short PC code (for example 7F3K-92XQ), made from a one-way scramble of your PC's ID, so the ID itself can't be worked out from it. We keep the details below only to make your licence key, to help you with it later, and to withdraw a key that was shared or refunded. They're used for nothing else, and never shared or sold. To have them removed, email us.

On the payment page: payments are handled by Razorpay. Your card, UPI or bank details go to Razorpay, under Razorpay's own privacy policy; we never see them. The page asks for your name, email, phone number and PC code. Razorpay passes those, with the amount, how you paid and the payment's reference, to our small order server (run on Cloudflare), so we can make your key.
Paying by UPI directly: you send us your PC code with your name, your contact (WhatsApp or email) and your payment reference. The payment goes through your own UPI app.

If you sign in with Google

Signing in is optional. It lets DeskNest save its daily backup to your own Google Drive.

What DeskNest asks for: only the drive.file permission. With it, DeskNest can see and manage only the files it creates itself. It cannot see, read or change any other file in your Google Drive.
What it saves: one backup file per day, in a folder named "DeskNest Backups". A backup contains your DeskNest layout: fence names and positions, the names and locations of the desktop items inside them, your sorting rules, notes and settings.
Where your sign-in is kept: a sign-in token is stored on your PC, encrypted so that only your Windows user account can read it. It is never sent anywhere except to Google.
Who sees your data: only you and Google. Your backups go directly between your PC and your Google Drive. They are not sent to the developer or to any third party, and they are not used for advertising or sold.
Your Google email address: DeskNest reads it once to show you which account is signed in, and keeps it only on your PC.

Stopping and deleting

Choose Sign out in DeskNest (Settings › Backup). This removes the sign-in from your PC and revokes DeskNest's access at Google.
You can also remove access at any time at myaccount.google.com/permissions.
To delete your backups, delete the "DeskNest Backups" folder in your Google Drive.

Google API Services User Data Policy

DeskNest's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs to any other app will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Children

DeskNest is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect information from anyone.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, the new version will be published on this page with a new date. For questions, or to have your purchase details removed, email kogantiaditya1990@gmail.com or open an issue at github.com/kogantiaditya1990/desknest-site/issues.