Privacy

Updated July 3, 2026

Vinyl has no accounts, no ads and no analytics trackers. It works without signing in to anything. Here is everything it touches, in plain words.

What stays on your computer

• Your settings, your listening library (songs played, minutes, streaks) and cached album art live in a local folder on your PC.
• Audio for the visualizer is measured as a loudness level only — nothing is recorded or sent anywhere.

What is shared, and only if you leave it on

• Discord Rich Presence — the current song is shown on your Discord profile through Discord's own Rich Presence. Turn the status off any time.
• Weekly Top 50 — your listened minutes, Discord username and avatar appear on the leaderboard. Only minutes are shared — never which songs. Opt out in Settings → Leaderboard.
• Music profile — if sharing is on, your profile (songs-played count, top artists and songs, badges, and — if enabled — the song you're playing right now) is published so friends can open it. Both toggles are in Settings.

What Vinyl never touches

• No passwords, no email, no personal files, no microphone.
• No Spotify or other music account connection — playback is read from Windows itself.
• Nothing is sold or given to anyone. There are no third-party trackers.

Song lookups

To find album art and synced lyrics, the app looks up the current song title and artist against public music catalogs. Those requests contain the song's name — not your name.

Crash reports

If the app crashes, a short technical report (the error and app version) is sent so the bug can be fixed. It contains no personal data.

Removing your data

Uninstalling removes the app and its local data. To remove a published profile or leaderboard entry, turn the toggles off in Settings — or send a request from Settings → Feedback and it will be deleted server-side.

Vinyl is not affiliated with Discord or any music service.