GalleryLean Privacy Policy

Effective 15 November 2026. This policy explains what GalleryLean keeps on your phone and what it does not do.

Photo and video access

GalleryLean reads the photos and videos you allow, along with media details such as capture dates, file sizes and favourites where your phone provides them. It uses this information to find copies, suggest similar photos and list large videos.

On-device processing

GalleryLean compares media on your device. It does not send your media, scan results or review choices to the developer or other services. GalleryLean has no account, ads or analytics.

What is saved on your phone

GalleryLean saves file references, measurements and review choices so you can continue later; a cache of file details and content hashes (no photo or video copies) so it can skip unchanged files; cleanup history with dates, categories, counts, sizes and file references; your Keep list; a record of how much of the free allowance you have used; and, on Android, a signed purchase record so it can check the unlock offline. GalleryLean does not send this information to the developer. Your phone or platform services may still handle some records for backup or transfer as described below. On iPhone, your phone's own backup (iCloud Backup or a computer backup) may include it. On Android, GalleryLean asks the system to exclude its app storage from phone backups and transfers. The free-allowance total is stored separately using Google Block Store. Cloud backup of that total is turned off, but it may be transferred when you move to a new phone. The total is a number of used bytes, not a list of your photos.

How long we keep it

A saved review stays until you discard it or finish the cleanup. The scan cache stays until you clear it. Cleanup history keeps the last 30 confirmed cleanups. References to items moved to Trash are kept until your phone's Trash period ends, or for at most 30 days if the phone does not say, and are then removed. Your phone, not GalleryLean, decides how long items stay in Trash or Recently Deleted. The allowance record and purchase record have their own lifecycle: they are not necessarily removed when you uninstall GalleryLean.

Deleting your data

Discard a saved review from Home. Use Settings, then Clear scan cache, to remove the scan cache. You can also clear GalleryLean's storage in your phone settings. Some records, such as the free-allowance total and store purchases, have their own lifecycle and may remain after you uninstall. Removing a photo always asks for your phone's confirmation, and your phone's cloud photo settings can carry that change to your other devices.

Withdrawing access

You can change or withdraw photo and video access at any time in your phone settings. GalleryLean then stops reading your library and asks again before it does anything that needs access.

Purchases

Google Play or the App Store processes any payment and restores purchases. GalleryLean does not receive your payment card details. On iPhone, GalleryLean checks the unlock through the App Store.

Problem reports

A problem report is made on your phone and you choose whether to share or copy it. GalleryLean does not send it anywhere. It contains no photos or videos.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the in-app page and the web page are updated together and the effective date at the top changes.

Who is responsible

The developer responsible for this app is Dharmeshkumar Pandya. Privacy questions and requests: support@gallerylean.app. If you are in the UK and are not happy with the answer, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.

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