# Privacy and your data

Curator is local-first. Your files and all AI stay on your Mac.

## What stays local

- **Your files** stay where they are. Curator reads them in place and never uploads them.
- **All AI** runs on your Mac through Ollama. The only network call Curator makes for AI is to your own Ollama, whether that is on this Mac or another computer you control.
- **No account.** A profile is local and name-only. There is no email, no password, and no sign-in.
- **S3 credentials are yours.** If you connect cloud storage, the keys are yours and are stored locally on your Mac. Curator uses them only to read your bucket.

For the bigger picture, see [How Curator works](/concepts/how-curator-works/).

## Where your data lives on disk

On macOS, Curator keeps its own data in these locations.

| Data | Location |
| --- | --- |
| Databases and config | `~/Library/Application Support/com.bleural.curator` |
| Logs | `~/Library/Logs/com.bleural.curator` |

This includes the search index, settings, and metadata Curator generates. Your documents stay in their original folder or bucket.

## Removing Curator's data for a source

To remove what Curator built for a source, delete the source in **Settings** under **Storage**. This clears the index, descriptions, and other data Curator made for it.

> [!IMPORTANT]
> Deleting a source does not touch your real files. Your folder or bucket and everything in it stay exactly as they were.

See [Manage sources](/using/manage-sources/) for the steps.