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Is ezgif safe?

ezgif makes and edits GIFs on its own servers, so your video or GIF is uploaded first. Its privacy page says uploads stay on its servers for up to 1 hour after you last use them, then are deleted automatically, and that it doesn't knowingly collect personal information. The site uses cookies to analyze traffic and to serve ads. The page doesn't say where its servers are.

Checked September 27, 2026

What ezgif says

In its own words, quoted from its published pages. Checked on September 27, 2026.

How long it's kept
“Files you upload are stored on our servers up to 1 hour after they are last used with our tools. They are automatically and securely deleted afterward. Filenames are not listed publicly.”
ezgif privacy policy
What else is recorded
“We don't knowingly collect or store any personal information on our servers.”
ezgif privacy policy
Ads and tracking on the site
“This website uses cookies to analyze traffic (only anonymized and aggregated data), remember your preferences, and serve advertisements.”
ezgif privacy policy

What that means for your file

  • The whole video or GIF is uploaded before anything is done to it.
  • It stays on ezgif's servers for up to an hour after you last use it.
  • The privacy page doesn't say where the servers are or who can access them.
  • The site shows ads, and uses cookies to serve them.

Private by design

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Questions

ezgif's privacy page says uploads are deleted automatically within an hour of last use, file names aren't listed publicly, and it doesn't knowingly collect personal information. Whether that's safe enough depends on the file, since it has to be uploaded.

Its privacy page says uploads are stored for up to 1 hour after they're last used with its tools, then deleted automatically.

Yes. Its privacy page says the site uses cookies to serve advertisements.

Yes. Mastershot turns a video into a GIF in your browser on your own device, and compresses, resizes, and crops GIFs the same way.

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.