Privacy Policy

When you open a Word file (.docx or .doc), paste text, or type in the counter, the file is opened and counted by code running in your own browser. The file and its text are not uploaded to our server or stored anywhere by us. The batch counter and the document comparison work the same way.

Your browser cannot download a Google Doc directly, so when you paste a Google Docs link, our server (running on Cloudflare) asks Google for the document's plain text and passes it straight back to your browser for counting. We do not store the text or the link. This only works for documents shared as "Anyone with the link can view"; we never ask you to sign in to Google or for access to your Google Drive.

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how the site is used: which pages are visited, how visitors arrived (for example from a search engine), the type of device and browser, approximate location (country and city, worked out from the IP address), and actions on the page. Google Analytics sets cookies (such as _ga) to recognise returning visitors. It never receives the text of your documents.

Google processes this data under the Google Privacy Policy. You can block it with your browser's cookie settings, a content blocker, or the Google Analytics opt-out add-on.

• The site is hosted on Cloudflare, which processes visitors' IP addresses to deliver pages and protect the site from attacks.
• Your light or dark theme choice is saved in your browser's local storage and is never sent to us.
• The contact form opens your own email app; nothing is sent until you send the email. We use what you write only to reply. Email: hello@wordwordcount.com.
• We do not sell personal data, and we do not use your documents or text to train AI models.