Effective date: September 6, 2026
Markling is a local Markdown editor published by Mihail Duchev. No account is required. The app has no advertising, analytics, tracking SDKs, or developer-operated backend. The developer does not collect, sell, rent, or share personal data through the app.
Documents and local storage
Documents are processed on your device and saved to locations you choose. Settings and recent-file references are stored locally. Android may keep a local recovery copy of unsaved changes in storage excluded from cloud backup and device transfer. The app does not upload document text to the developer.
Retention and deletion
You control how long to keep documents: delete them in Files, Finder, or your Android file provider. Removing an entry from Recent Files, clearing the recent list, or turning recent-file storage Off removes references, not the documents themselves. Provider trash, backups, and version history follow that provider's policies.
Local preferences remain until reset or removed. Android recovery data is cleared after a successful save or when recovery is discarded. Clearing Markling's app storage in Android Settings removes its preferences, recent references, and recovery data; save wanted changes first. On Apple platforms, recent references can be removed in the app. Removing app data through the operating system removes local settings; uninstalling an app does not necessarily delete documents or all Mac container data. Copies you exported or shared remain wherever you saved or sent them.
Network access
Mermaid diagram and KaTeX math libraries are bundled and render locally. A document containing an HTTPS image address may cause Markling to request that image for Preview or export. Plain HTTP images are blocked. The image host may receive your IP address, requested URL, and ordinary request metadata, and applies its own retention and privacy policy. These requests are directed to the addresses in your document, not to the developer.
File providers and stores
Files stored in iCloud Drive or other cloud providers may sync through those providers under their terms and privacy policies. Stores and operating systems may process purchases, downloads, or diagnostics under their own policies. Markling does not operate its own sync service.
Support and website
If you email support, the developer receives the information you choose to send and uses it to respond. Please do not send private documents unless needed for your request. Support correspondence is kept while needed to resolve the request and handle follow-up; you can ask for deletion by email. Required legal records may be retained where applicable. The static Markling website uses no advertising or analytics scripts. Its hosting provider may process ordinary server request logs to deliver and protect the site.
Children
Markling is a general-purpose productivity app and does not knowingly collect personal information through the app from anyone, including children.
Changes and contact
Material changes will be published with an updated effective date. For privacy questions or support-data deletion requests, email mihail.duchev@icloud.com.
Website hosting
This static website is hosted by Cloudflare. It has no publisher-added analytics, advertising trackers, contact form, or mailing-list form. Cloudflare may process ordinary delivery and security information, including IP addresses, browser information, requested URLs, and request times. Provider processing and retention follow the applicable service configuration and Cloudflare Privacy Policy. The app data practices described above are separate from these website requests.