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Your documents stay on your device

PDFDock uses your browser to process documents locally. You do not upload a PDF to us before you merge, compress, sign, convert, or OCR it.

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The document workflow

A local workflow from start to finish

Choose a focused PDF tool

Select the task you need—from merging and compression to signing, conversion, or OCR.

Work in your browser

Your browser reads and transforms the document on your own device. PDFDock does not receive the PDF, its filename, or its contents.

Save the result locally

When the task is complete, download the result directly to your device. There is no server-side document storage or cleanup queue.

We do not receive

Your document data

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PDF contents
Pages, text, images, and generated results remain in your browser.
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File names or document metadata
These are used locally to complete the task, not sent to PDFDock.
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Your document-processing history
We do not create a server-side library of your PDFs or processing results.

We use the minimum needed

To operate your workspace

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Account and session data
Your verified email and secure session keep your workspace and monthly allowance available.
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Usage and setting metadata
We record task counts and parameter-only presets—not source documents or filenames.
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Billing data for paid plans
Stripe handles payment details; PDFDock stores only subscription metadata needed to grant access.

A useful detail about OCR

The first OCR run may download a language asset—not your document.

OCR recognition still happens locally in the browser. The initial language download helps the browser recognize text; PDF pages and extracted content remain on your device.

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upload-and-wait step.

Start with 10 Free local PDF tasks each month. Your documents stay on your device on every plan.

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