What the extension stores on your computer EN

The Rekorder extension keeps a small amount of data in Chrome on your computer: recording chunks, your settings, and log files if you turned logging on. It stays in the extension's own storage area, which other websites and programs can't browse. Chrome calls this area OPFS.

Recording chunks

While you record, Rekorder saves the video in small pieces called chunks. What happens to them next depends on your mode.

• Cloud mode: Chunks are uploaded while you record, and each one is deleted from your computer once it uploads. Rekorder also removes leftover chunks that are more than a day old.
• Offline mode: Nothing is uploaded. Finished recordings stay on your computer until you download or delete them from Recording history in the extension's settings.

If your device runs low on space, Chrome may remove recordings that only exist in Offline mode. In Offline mode the extension shows how much local storage is used and free. Download recordings you want to keep. See Where offline recordings are stored, and how to keep them.

Settings and other saved values

The extension also keeps its settings, the state of any recording in progress, and a few cached values. One of these is the result of the check that picks a default quality for camera effects on your device.

Logs

Logs are only saved if you turn on Logging on the Advanced tab of the extension's settings. A log records what the recorder printed during a recording. It's meant for reporting problems.

• Cloud mode: The log downloads as a file when the recording stops.
• Offline mode: The log is saved inside the extension. The Advanced tab shows "Saved logs" with the number of logs and a Download link. Downloading bundles them into one .zip file and removes them from the extension.

See Turn on logging and send a log file to support.

See or remove what's stored

• To browse, download or delete individual files, use the OPFS Explorer on the Advanced tab. See The OPFS Explorer, and when to reach for it.
• To clear everything, use Reset on the same tab. It deletes all of the extension's stored data, including any recordings that haven't been uploaded or downloaded yet. If you reset during an upload, you lose that whole recording. See What Reset clears, and what it destroys.
• Uninstalling the extension removes its local storage too. See Uninstall Rekorder, and what happens to your recordings.

Related articles

• What leaves your computer in each mode
• Cloud mode and Offline mode: which one you are in
• If Chrome crashes or your laptop sleeps mid-recording