Privacy
Short version: FileSort moves files on your own computer and sends nothing anywhere.
| What | Collected? |
|---|---|
| Your files and their contents | No |
| File and folder names | No |
| Name, email or account | No, there are no accounts |
| Cookies | No |
| Analytics or tracking | No |
| Server logs (IP address, time of visit) | Possibly, by the company hosting this website |
How the website handles your files
When you select a folder, your browser asks you to allow access to it. The website can then read and move files in that one folder only. All of this happens inside your browser. There is no server that receives files, file names or anything about them.
In Firefox, Safari and on phones, the website reads the folder you select and builds a sorted copy as a .zip file on your own device. Your browser may call this step an "upload", but nothing leaves your computer.
Access ends when you close the tab. The next time you visit, you have to select the folder again.
The one file we create
After sorting, a small hidden file named .filesort-undo.json is saved in the folder you sorted. It lists which files were moved and from where, so that Undo can put them back. It stays on your computer. You can delete it at any time; you then lose Undo for that folder.
Sample files
"Try it with sample files" creates a few empty example files in a private storage area of your browser. They are not on your disk in any folder you can see and contain no data of yours.
Changes
If this ever changes, for example if visitor statistics are added, this page will say so before it happens.
Last updated: November 2026