Privacy

Updated October 26, 2026

Shelf is a clipboard manager that runs only on your Mac. It has no account and no servers.

What the app stores

Shelf saves what you copy (text, links, images, files and colors), the app each item came from, and when. It keeps all of this in one library on your Mac at ~/Library/Application Support/Shelf. Nothing is sent to us or anyone else.

What the app skips

Copies marked as confidential, such as those from password managers, are ignored. Keychain Access, Passwords, 1Password, Bitwarden and Dashlane are excluded by default, and you can exclude any other app in Settings, Privacy.

When the app goes online

When you copy a link, Shelf can load that page's title and preview image. That request goes straight from your Mac to the website you copied. You can turn it off in Settings, Privacy, under Fetch previews for copied links.

Deleting your data

Delete items from the shelf, clear your history in Settings, Storage, or delete the Shelf folder above. Removing the app and that folder removes everything.

This website

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Questions

Email nicky@nickymolina.com.