GuidelyWhat data Guidely collects
None is sent anywhere. Guidely has no servers, no accounts, and no analytics. Everything it creates stays on your own computer.
When you press Start recording, Guidely captures:
- Screenshots of the visible browser tab on each click
- A short text label for the element you clicked (e.g. the button's name)
- The page URL of each step
This information is stored locally in your browser using IndexedDB and chrome.storage.
It never leaves your device unless you choose to export a PDF and share that file yourself.
What Guidely does not do
- It does not transmit your screenshots, clicks, or any other data to us or to any third party.
- It does not track your browsing or send your history anywhere.
- It does not record continuously — screenshots are captured only while a recording is active (between Start recording and Stop). At all other times the extension takes no screenshots and stores nothing.
- It does not capture keystrokes or the contents of password fields.
Permissions and why they're used
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Needed so a recording keeps working as you move through a multi-page workflow. Screenshots are taken with
Chrome's captureVisibleTab, which requires host access, and the click recorder is injected on each
page so capture survives navigating to a new page or opening a new tab. This is why the install prompt shows
"read and change your data on all websites." Guidely does not read, change, or transmit page
content in the background — the recorder stays passive until you press Start
recording, and it only captures screenshots of the tab you are recording, on your clicks.
Inject the click-recorder script into the page so it can label the element you clicked.
Save your guides and screenshots locally so they persist between sessions and aren't evicted by the browser.
Show the Start/Stop recording controls.
Deleting your data
Delete any guide from the Guidely editor (the ✕ button), or remove all data by uninstalling the extension. There is no cloud copy to delete.
Contact
Questions? Email shaunleeweirong@gmail.com.