Yoink — Privacy Policy

Last updated: 15 May 2026

The short version

Yoink is 100% free, forever — no paywall, no premium tier, no ads, no accounts. It also does not collect, transmit, store, or sell any personal data. There are no servers. There are no analytics.

What Yoink reads

When you activate the inspector and click an element, Yoink reads the following locally in your browser:

• HTML markup of the element you click and its descendants
• Computed CSS styles of the same elements (via getComputedStyle)
• CSS rules from the page's stylesheets (via document.styleSheets) — cross-origin sheets that the browser blocks are skipped
• Font-family names and @font-face URLs referenced by the page
• Image URLs referenced by img[src], background-image, and similar properties
• The visible viewport pixels (only when you explicitly use the Screenshot or Full-page screenshot feature)

What Yoink stores

Yoink saves the following to your browser's local storage (localStorage), and only to your browser:

• The floating widget's position on the screen
• Your chosen UI theme (Graphite / Stone)
• Your chosen UI language
• A per-domain flag if you used "Hide on this site"

What Yoink does NOT touch

• Cookies — never read, never sent anywhere
• Form input values — never collected unless they happen to be visible in the DOM you explicitly choose to copy
• Browsing history, bookmarks, saved passwords, or autofill data
• Data from other tabs

What leaves your browser

Nothing — unless you paste a copied bundle or screenshot somewhere. Yoink only writes to the system clipboard or triggers file downloads. Both actions are user-initiated and entirely under your control.

Permissions used

• activeTab — read the current tab's DOM only when you trigger Yoink on it.
• scripting — inject the inspector script into the current page.
• clipboardWrite — copy bundles and PNG screenshots when you press the buttons.
• storage — remember the preferences listed above.
• <all_urls> host permission — required for chrome.tabs.captureVisibleTab (screenshots) and so the inspector works on any website.

Third-party services

Yoink does not integrate with any third-party service, SDK, tracker, or analytics provider.

Children's privacy

Yoink is a developer tool. It is not directed at children under 13.

Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version will appear at the URL of this page. Material changes will also be noted in the extension's changelog.

Contact

Questions, concerns, or bug reports — reach out to the author: