Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 2, 2026

Your pasted content stays in your browser

All formatting, validation, and conversion on DevFormatter runs entirely in your browser using JavaScript. Any text you paste into a tool is processed locally and never sent to our servers — we have no servers that process your input.

URL loading: Some tools (JSON Formatter, YAML Formatter, XML Formatter) let you load content from a URL. The tool first attempts a direct request from your browser. If that request is blocked by CORS, it automatically retries via allorigins.win, a third-party proxy service — in that case, the URL content passes through their server. A warning is displayed in the tool whenever the proxy is used. If you are loading sensitive data, paste it directly instead of using the URL feature.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors use the site — which tools are popular, what browsers are used, and which countries visitors come from. This helps us improve the tools.

Google Analytics collects:

Pages visited and time spent
Browser type and operating system
Approximate location (country/city level — not precise)
Referral source (e.g. search engine, direct)

Google Analytics does not collect the content you paste into the tools. No personally identifiable information is collected.

Google's data collection is governed by the Google Privacy Policy.

Opting out of analytics

You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by:

Installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
Enabling "Do Not Track" in your browser settings
Using a browser extension that blocks tracking scripts (e.g. uBlock Origin)

Cookies

Google Analytics sets cookies to distinguish users and sessions. We do not set any first-party cookies ourselves. We do not use cookies for advertising or tracking across other sites.

Third-party sharing

We do not sell, rent, or share your data with any third parties beyond Google Analytics as described above.