Privacy policy

Explorer Native · last updated 9 September 2026

The short version

Explorer Native is a desktop application that runs entirely on your own computer. It has no server, no analytics, no telemetry and no account system. Nothing you do in it is sent anywhere, with one exception: if you choose to connect a Google account, the application talks directly to Google's own APIs from your machine in order to show and transfer your Drive files. Nobody else receives that data, including the author.

Google user data this application requests

Connecting a Google account is optional. If you do, Explorer Native asks for the following OAuth scopes:

Scope	Why it is requested
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive`	To list your Drive folders, download files you open or play, upload files you copy into Drive, rename and move items you rename or move, and send items you delete to the Drive trash. The application is a general file manager for your whole Drive, so it needs access to the files already there rather than only to files it created itself.
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email`	To display which account is signed in, so it is clear whose Drive is mounted.

How that data is used

It is used only to carry out actions you ask for. Files are listed when you open a folder, downloaded when you open or play them, and uploaded when you paste them into a Drive folder.
It is not transmitted to the author or to any third party. The connection is between your computer and Google. There is no intermediate server.
It is not used for advertising, profiling, resale, or training any model.
Human beings do not read it. No one other than you has access to it.

What is stored on your computer, and where

A Google refresh token, so you are not asked to sign in every time. It is stored under your Windows user profile in %APPDATA%\ExplorerNative and encrypted to your Windows account using the Windows Data Protection API, so another user of the same computer cannot read it.
A cache of Drive folder listings and recently opened files, so browsing and playback do not re-fetch the same data. This is temporary and is cleared when the application removes its drive, and is bounded by a size limit you can change in Preferences.
Your preferences — window size, shortcuts, audio settings — in a plain settings file under the same folder.

Deleting the data

Signing out inside the application deletes the stored token. Deleting the folder %APPDATA%\ExplorerNative removes the token, the cache and the preferences together. You can also revoke the application's access at any time, independently of this application, at myaccount.google.com/permissions, which invalidates the stored token immediately.

Limited Use

Explorer Native's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Children

This application is not directed at children and collects no information from anyone, of any age.

Changes

If this policy changes, the date at the top of this page changes with it.