Your documents stay yours.

The app reads the file from your disk, renders its pages and extracts its text on your computer. Page images and text are kept in memory while you read and are released when you close the tab.

When you copy text, the selected text is placed on your system clipboard, as with any app. Nothing else leaves the reader.

Beyond your documents, the app keeps two things on your computer: a list of recent files and its update settings, both described below.

The app remembers the PDFs you opened so it can list them under Recent and reopen them where you left off. It keeps only this:

• SavedThe file's location on your computer, the page you were on, and your zoom level
• LimitThe 20 most recent files. Older entries are dropped.
• Not savedThe document's contents, its text, your searches or your selections
• WhenWritten when you open or close a file and when you quit the app
• macOS~/Library/Application Support/app.agenticpdf.desktop/recent.tsv
• Windows%APPDATA%\Agentic PDF\recent.tsv

The list never leaves your computer.

Release builds check GitHub for a newer version and download it in the background. It is installed only when you restart or quit the app.

• SentA request to GitHub for the list of releases, about 10 seconds after launch and every 6 hours. It carries no document data and no identifier of its own.
• SavedYour update choices, and a downloaded update until it is installed
• CheckedEvery download must match the release's published checksums. On macOS it must also be signed by the same developer as the app you have.
• macOS~/Library/Application Support/app.agenticpdf.desktop/updates.conf
• Windows%APPDATA%\Agentic PDF\updates.conf

Like any web request, the check reveals your IP address to GitHub, so GitHub's privacy statement applies. To stop it, open Settings, then Updates, and clear Download new versions automatically. The app then contacts GitHub only when you choose Check now.

Clear the list: choose File, then Open Recent, then Clear Menu.

Remove everything: quit the app and delete its folder, the one holding recent.tsv and updates.conf shown above. Deleting the app removes the program itself; that folder is separate, so delete it too if you want no trace.

If a file in the list was moved or deleted, choosing it removes it from the list.

The agent panel is built in the open, tracked in issue #18. This is how it works:

Only the agent you pick. The panel connects to an agent already installed on your computer, such as Claude Code, Codex or Gemini CLI. Parts of your document are shared only with that agent, through that agent's own connection, under its provider's terms. The agent keeps its own tools and permissions, and any permission it asks for is shown in the panel for you to answer.

Reading is not writing. The reader gives the agent tools to read the outline, search and read text. None of them can change your document.

Nothing by default. If you never open the panel, no agent is started and nothing is shared.

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Its fonts are served from this site itself, so your browser does not contact a font service when a page loads. Downloads are hosted on GitHub Releases, so GitHub's privacy statement applies when you download.

Agentic PDF is open source, so every claim on this page can be checked in the source code.

To report a privacy concern, open an issue on GitHub. Issues are public, so please leave out personal details and document contents.