Your feeds stay on your device. Retube does not operate an analytics service or a backend that receives your feed library.
Data stored on your device
Retube stores feed names, colors, channel assignments and public channel details; and your theme preference. Recent video results and pagination information may be cached in Chrome’s local extension storage. Search text and display filters are used in the current page and are not sent to a developer service.
These records are used to display and organize the feeds you request. They are not synced to a Retube account or to your YouTube account. Retube does not read your general browser history, Google password, or YouTube subscription list. Retube does not record which videos you open or watch, or track playback progress on YouTube.
Requests to YouTube and Google image services
To resolve a channel and display uploads, Retube requests public channel pages, public feed timestamps, and additional video pages from www.youtube.com. These background requests omit account cookies. Channel IDs or handles and pagination tokens are included as needed to request the content you select.
Thumbnails and channel avatars are requested from YouTube/Google image hosts, including ytimg.com, ggpht.com, and googleusercontent.com. Like other web requests, these disclose your IP address and ordinary connection/request information to the receiving service. Requests and normal YouTube navigation are subject to Google’s own policies. Background requests omitting cookies does not mean your ordinary YouTube tab is signed out.
When embedded, Retube places feed names and colors in YouTube’s sidebar. That navigation text is part of the YouTube page and can be read by scripts on that page. The feed library, settings operations, and video requests remain inside the extension.
Sharing, sale, and advertising
The developer does not receive, sell, or share your local feed library. Retube does not include analytics, advertising SDKs, or tracking pixels. Data is used only to provide the features described here, not for advertising, creditworthiness, lending, or unrelated profiling.
Retention, backups, and deletion
Feed settings remain until you change them, clear Retube’s local data, or uninstall the extension. Cached upload results are normally reused for up to five minutes; expiration triggers a refresh but does not itself immediately delete every cached record.
Open Help & support → Backup & local data → Clear local data to remove settings and cached uploads. Confirmation is required. This does not affect your YouTube account. You can remove individual feeds or channel assignments in the app.
On upgrading from an older Retube version, local saved videos and watched markers are removed while feeds, channels, and theme are preserved. Older backups still restore feeds and theme; retired activity records are ignored.
Export backup creates a JSON file on your device containing feeds, channels, and theme. Protect that file: it may reveal your interests. Import backup reads the file locally and replaces existing data only after your confirmation. Exported files remain wherever you saved them and must be deleted separately.
Security and permissions
Retube uses HTTPS for content requests. Local storage saves your preferences. YouTube site access enables the sidebar integration and upload requests. A narrowly scoped request-header rule supports loading older uploads; it applies only to the extension’s own read-only YouTube browse requests, not ordinary YouTube browsing. Executable extension code and fonts are bundled locally.
Support requests
If you contact the developer through the Chrome Web Store, the message and any details you choose to include are used to answer your request. Do not include passwords, account tokens, or your full backup unless you intentionally want to share it. Use the developer contact or Support section on the listing titled Retube - Custom YouTube Feeds for support or privacy questions.
Changes
This page will be updated when Retube’s data practices change. Material changes will also be disclosed in the extension or listing as appropriate.