Is the Status Viewer Private? How It Works

Yes — the status viewer is private. Your statuses never reach our server: they're stored by the Status Saver extension in your own browser, and the viewer page asks the extension to show them locally. Nothing travels over the internet, and no other website can read them.

Where the statuses are#

The extension stores what you watch in its own storage inside your browser, on your computer. Browsers keep each extension's storage separate from every website — including ours.

How the page shows them anyway#

1. When you open the viewer page, a tiny part of the extension tells the page "the extension is installed, here's how to reach it". That's all it says.
2. The page then opens a small, invisible window that belongs to the extension, not to the website. Inside it, the extension reads your library.
3. The extension hands the photos and videos to the page inside your browser, which displays them.

At no point is anything sent over the internet. The page's code runs on your machine; the files move from one part of your browser to another.

What the website is allowed to do#

The extension only answers our site and WhatsApp Web, and it gives the site fewer powers than WhatsApp Web gets:

Any other website that tries to talk to the extension gets nothing back.

Without the extension#

The viewer page has nothing to show — it just explains how to install the extension. There's no account, no upload button and no server-side library.

Removing everything#

Delete items from the viewer or the WhatsApp Web gallery, or remove the extension from chrome://extensions to wipe its storage completely. More in the complete extension guide.