Privacy Policy
What onlinewordcounterfree.com collects, what it does not collect, and how this site handles data when you use the word counter tool.
This Privacy Policy describes what information onlinewordcounterfree.com collects, what it does not collect, and how this site handles data in connection with your use of the word counter tool.
1. How This Tool Handles Your Text
Online Word Counter Free is built so that the text you type or paste never leaves your own device. Every calculation — word count, readability score, keyword density, sentiment analysis, AI token estimate, letter frequency analysis, and email address extraction from pasted text — runs locally in your browser. No text is transmitted to any server, stored in any database, or shared with any third party.
This is the technical design of the tool, not only a policy statement. There is no server-side text processing engine on this site. The text you enter into the word counter never reaches us.
2. Information This Site Does Not Collect
This site does not collect, store, or transmit:
- Your text. Nothing you type or paste into the tool is sent to any server.
- Your voice or audio. Voice Input uses your device's own built-in speech recognition. Audio is not sent to any external service. Voice recordings stay on your device.
- Your writing goals or saved drafts. These are stored in your browser's local storage on your own device only, and are not accessible by this site.
- Personal information. This site has no account or login system. No name, email address, or personal details are required to use the tool.
- Email addresses found in your text. The Email Extractor identifies email addresses within text you have pasted into the editor. The extraction runs locally in your browser. No extracted addresses and no text are transmitted to any server.
3. Network Requests This Site Makes
There are three situations where your device makes a network request in connection with using this site.
URL Fetch
If you use the URL Fetch feature (Load from URL) and paste a website address, your browser sends that URL to a server-side endpoint on this site. The endpoint retrieves the readable text from that page and returns it to your browser for local analysis. The URL is used only for that request and is not stored or logged.
PDF Export
Choosing PDF as an export format for the first time triggers a one-time download of a small open-source PDF-generation library from a content delivery network. This is a library file download — not an upload of your text or results. Your text and analysis never leave your device. All other export formats (TXT, CSV, JSON, HTML) require no external download.
Web Server Logs
Like all websites, this site's server produces standard access logs when pages are loaded. These may include your IP address, the page requested, the date and time of the request, and your browser type. These logs are used for server security and maintenance only and are not used for advertising profiling or shared with third parties.
Related: misuse of the URL Fetch feature (private networks, internal systems) is restricted under the Terms of Service's Permitted Use section.
4. Cookies
Preference Storage
This site stores your dark mode preference and certain tool settings in your browser's local storage. These are preference records, not tracking cookies. They exist only to keep your settings when you return to the site.
Advertising — Google AdSense
This site displays advertisements through Google AdSense. Google AdSense places cookies on your device to serve advertisements based on your browsing activity on this and other websites. Google and its advertising partners use these cookies in accordance with Google's own privacy and advertising policies.
Related: advertisement display and third-party ad content are governed by the Terms of Service's Advertising section.
5. Third-Party Services
This site uses the following third-party services in specific, limited circumstances:
- Google AdSense — displays advertisements. Google's advertising and privacy policies govern how it uses cookies in connection with ad serving.
- jsPDF — an open-source library downloaded to your device the first time you use the PDF export. It is a file download, not a data service.
- Web Speech API — a capability built into your browser, used for Voice Input and Read Aloud. No external speech service is involved.
This site does not use Facebook Pixel, TikTok Pixel, or any social media tracking code. This site does not sell or share visitor data with data brokers.
6. Children
This site is not directed at children under the age of 13. The tool does not collect personal information from any visitor, including children. If a child under 13 has submitted a message through the contact form on this site, contact us at onlinewordcounterfree.com/contact-us and we will remove it.
7. External Links
This site may contain links to external websites, including academic publications cited in readability content and links to platform documentation. This Privacy Policy applies only to onlinewordcounterfree.com. This site is not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites.
8. Changes to This Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. When changes are made, the date at the top of this page is updated. Continued use of this site after a policy update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
9. Contact
This site provides two ways to reach the team: the contact form at onlinewordcounterfree.com/contact-us, and a feedback form on the homepage. Submitting either form sends the information you enter — name, email address, and message, plus, on the homepage form, a category selection and an optional screenshot — directly to the site's own email inbox over an authenticated connection. Submissions are not stored in a database on this site. If you attach a screenshot on the homepage form, it is validated, attached to the outgoing email, and the temporary copy is deleted from the server immediately afterward. Both forms use standard anti-spam measures (a hidden field real visitors never fill in, a minimum-time check, and a rate limit); the homepage form also uses a session-based security token to confirm the submission came from the form itself. Questions about this Privacy Policy specifically can be submitted through either form.
Start Using the Tool
Open Online Word Counter Free, paste or type your text, and every number appears immediately. No account, no download, no payment required — and nothing you write ever leaves your device.