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Is CapCut safe?

CapCut is a video editor run by Bytedance Pte. Ltd. in Singapore. Its privacy policy says it may collect the videos you import by pre-uploading them, even if you never save or publish anything, and stores what it collects on servers in Malaysia, Singapore, and the United States. Its terms treat everything you submit as non-confidential and give CapCut a perpetual, worldwide license to use it for running and developing its services. For a meme or a gaming clip that may not matter. For a private recording, it's worth knowing before you import it. CapCut shows visitors in the US a separate version of its policy; the quotes here are from the version it shows in other countries.

Checked October 1, 2026

What CapCut says

In its own words, quoted from its published pages (its privacy policy is dated April 15, 2026). Checked on October 1, 2026.

Who runs it
“The Services are provided and controlled by Bytedance Pte. Ltd. with its registered address at 1 Raffles Quay, #26-10, South Tower, Singapore 048583 ("we" "us" or "our") unless otherwise indicated in the Supplemental Terms - Jurisdiction Specific section to your region.”
CapCut privacy policy
Where your video goes
“We may collect User Content through pre-uploading at the time of creation, import, or upload, regardless of whether you choose to save or publish that User Content, for example, to recommend audio options, generate captions, and provide other personalised recommendations.”
CapCut privacy policy
“We store the information we collect in secure servers located in Malaysia, Singapore and the United States.”
CapCut privacy policy
What it learns from your video
“We may collect information about the videos, images and audio that are a part of your User Content, for example by identifying objects and scenery; the existence and location of a face and other body parts; the nature of the audio; and the text of the words spoken in your User Content (for example, if you use the auto caption function).”
CapCut privacy policy
“We do not use any face or body information to identify you in your User Content. Once an effect that uses face or body information has been applied to your User Content, that information is deleted and not retained.”
CapCut privacy policy
What you let it do with your video
“We don't own your User Content.”
CapCut terms of service
“By submitting User Content via the Services, you grant to the Company and its affiliates a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, perpetual and worldwide license to use your User Content. This license to your User Content allows us to modify, adapt, reproduce, make derivative works of, display, publish, transmit, distribute and/or store your User Content for the purposes of operating, developing and providing the Services, subject to your Platform settings.”
CapCut terms of service
“All User Content will be considered non-confidential.”
CapCut terms of service
How long it's kept
“We retain information for as long as necessary to provide the Services and for the other purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.”
CapCut privacy policy
Training and ads
“review, support, improve, and develop the Services, and train, test, and improve technology, such as machine learning models and algorithms, including by analysing how people are using the Services”
CapCut privacy policy
“Advertisers, analytics, and other partners share information with us about you and the actions you have taken outside of the Services, such as your activities on other websites and apps.”
CapCut privacy policy

What that means for your file

  • A video you import can reach CapCut's servers before you save or publish anything.
  • CapCut says it stores what it collects in Malaysia, Singapore, and the United States.
  • The terms give CapCut a perpetual, worldwide license to use what you submit for its services, and treat it as non-confidential.
  • The policy gives no deletion time; information is kept as long as CapCut needs it.
  • CapCut says it doesn't use face or body information to identify you, and deletes it once an effect is applied.

Private by design

Or keep the file on your device

Mastershot isn't a full editor like CapCut, but for quick jobs it works without the upload: trim, crop, combine clips, add audio, or blur faces in your browser, with the video never leaving your device.

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  • No upload
  • No account
  • No watermark

Questions

CapCut is a mainstream editor from a large company, with a published privacy policy and terms. Whether it suits a particular video is a separate question: its policy says it may collect videos you import, and its terms treat what you submit as non-confidential and license it to CapCut for its services.

No. Its terms say “We don't own your User Content.” They do give CapCut and its affiliates a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide license to modify, reproduce, publish, distribute, and store it for operating, developing, and providing its services, subject to your settings.

Its privacy policy says it may collect content you create, import, or upload by pre-uploading it at that moment, whether or not you save or publish it, for example to suggest audio and generate captions.

Its privacy policy says it may detect where faces and body parts are in your videos, for effects, recommendations, moderation, and ads. It says it doesn't use that information to identify you, and deletes it once an effect has been applied.

For quick jobs, yes. Mastershot trims, crops, combines, and blurs videos in your browser on your own device, with nothing sent to a server. For multi-track editing you'll still need a full editor.

Other services

These pages report what each service says in its own published policies, quoted as of the date at the top. Policies change, so follow the links for the current wording. This is not a security audit, and Mastershot has not tested these services' claims. FreeConvert, CloudConvert, Convertio, Clideo, Zamzar, ezgif, and CapCut are trademarks of their respective owners, none of which sponsors or endorses Mastershot.