Privacy & local data

Open Settings → Privacy & Data.

What stays local

The app emphasizes that your data stays on your computer. The settings screen shows:

Approximate storage used under the user data area.
Counts of apps and workspaces.
A path to the main local database file (shown as weballoon.json under your user data folder).
Open Folder — opens that user data directory in the system file manager.

Clearing data

Clear data (per app) — Removes that app’s cookies, cache, and stored site data from its isolated session. The app may reload the next time you open it.
Clear All Data — Removes cookies, cache, and storage for all apps. This is destructive; weballoon asks you to confirm.

Automatic cleanup (on quit)

Two toggles persist across restarts:

Use these if you want a fresh slate after each session.

Auto-clear on Exit — When you quit weballoon, browsing data for apps is cleared (cookies, cache, and the storage types the app clears on exit).
Auto-clear Cache — Despite older wording elsewhere about “periodically,” the implementation clears cache when weballoon exits (not on a timer during the day). If both auto options are on, the stronger “clear browsing data on exit” path runs.

Do Not Track

Send Do-Not-Track Header asks sites to respect DNT. Not all sites honor it; this is a request, not a guarantee.

Crash and error reports

Share crash & error reports is off by default. If you turn it on, the app describes sending sanitized technical diagnostics to improve stability, not your browsing content, credentials, or history.

App isolation (reminder)

Each app has isolated storage. Clearing or auto-clearing affects that partition, not your other apps.

See Isolated sessions.