Tool input stays in your browser. This page explains exactly what is and is not stored.
What stays on your device
Field values, generated output and share links are processed only in the page. Nothing you type into a tool is sent to a server or saved in an account.
What your browser saves
| Item | Where | How to remove it |
|---|---|---|
| Recent searches | Local storage (bwp-spotlight-recent) | Clear in the search panel |
| Theme choice | Local storage (bwp-theme) | Clear site data for this site in your browser |
| Docs feedback vote | A cookie for that one page | Clear cookies for this site |
Docs feedback
When you answer Was this technical guide helpful?, the page’s yes or no count goes up by one. To stop repeat votes, a salted hash of your IP address and the page is kept for 30 days; the address itself is never stored.
Secrets and salts
Generators that create secrets, such as wp-config.php salts, generate them with your browser’s cryptographic random number generator when the page loads. They are never part of the page sent by the server. See Handling secrets.