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Carmine Paolino 16a9dde2ca Drop the old name from packages, release scripts and docs
Packages no longer install a fastpotify command or declare that they
replace, provide or conflict with the old packages. Releases no longer
carry the 0.9.1 bridge files, the release script only checks and sums
Spotifast downloads, and the Flatpak, Homebrew, macOS and Windows
recipes lose their old-identity branches and clean-ups. Packaging CI
tests the v0.11.2 release instead of installing the 0.8.0 package first.
The Rename page and the notes pointing to it are gone.

Updates begun by 0.10.2 or earlier on Windows relaunch fastpotify.exe,
which the installer no longer provides; such an install updates, but
needs starting by hand once.
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---
title: Privacy
description: What Spotifast stores on your computer, what it sends and to whom, and what it never collects.
nav_order: 4
---
Spotifast is a desktop app that runs entirely on your computer. It has no
account of its own, no server, no telemetry, no analytics, and no advertising.
Its author receives nothing about you or how you use it.
This page covers the Spotifast app, version 0.8.0 and later. Earlier versions
kept sign-ins in files instead of the system credential store; update to a
current release.
## What stays on your computer
- **Spotify sign-ins.** The grants Spotify issues when you sign in, and the
reusable playback credential, are kept in the system credential store:
Credential Manager on Windows, Keychain on macOS, and Secret Service on
Linux. Your Spotify password never passes through Spotifast; you sign in
on Spotify's own pages. A proxy password, if you set one, uses the same
store.
- **Settings and history.** Settings, window positions, recent plays, the
last session, skins, themes and MilkDrop presets live in the config
directory.
- **Caches.** Downloaded audio, artwork, lyrics and library metadata live in
the cache directory and can be deleted at any time.
- **Log.** `spotifast.log` records errors and diagnostics. It stays on your
computer and never contains credentials; share it only if you choose to
attach it to a bug report.
[Settings & Files](/settings-and-files/) lists every location and what is safe
to delete. **Sign out** in Settings removes the stored credentials.
## What is sent, and to whom
Spotifast connects only to the services below.
- **Spotify.** Sign-in, your library, search, playlists, playback and Spotify
Connect all go to Spotify, under your account. Spotify's own
[privacy policy](https://www.spotify.com/legal/privacy-policy/) applies to
that data.
- **LRCLIB.** When the lyrics panel is open and Spotify has no lyrics for the
song, Spotifast sends its artist, title, album and length to
[lrclib.net](https://lrclib.net). Nothing identifying you is included.
- **GitHub.** Once a day, Spotifast asks GitHub for the latest release. You
can turn automatic checks off in Settings. Downloading an update, and the
first opening of MilkDrop, also fetch files from GitHub. No Spotify data is
sent.
- **Your local network.** Spotifast looks for Spotify Connect speakers over
mDNS and talks to the ones you choose.
Links you open from the app, such as the Winamp Skin Museum or this website,
open in your browser.
## This website
spotifast.rocks counts page visits with [Plausible](https://plausible.io/data-policy),
which uses no cookies and collects no personal data. The app itself contains
no analytics.
## Questions
Ask on [GitHub](https://github.com/crmne/spotifast/issues).