Where Thoth keeps your data, and what leaves your PC

The folder your guides live in, what each file is, and the optional features that send something online.

Plan: Free
Reading time: 3 min read
Checked against Thoth for Windows on: October 23, 2026

Thoth keeps your guides on your PC. There is no account to record, edit or export, no analytics, and no automatic crash uploads. This page lists where things are and what the optional features send. The privacy page is the full statement.

What’s on your PC#

Everything is under %APPDATA%\Thoth. To open it, paste that into the Windows address bar. Uninstalling Thoth leaves it there, so reinstalling finds your guides.

In the folder	What it is
`data\thoth.db`	Your guides, steps, folders, export presets and document designs.
`data\guides\…`	The screenshots, one folder per guide.
`settings.json`	Your settings.
`license.json`	Your license key. Pro is worked out from it each time and never stored, so editing a file can’t unlock it.
`device.json`	An id Thoth made for this computer, used to count computers per license. Nothing about your hardware.
`recordings\draft\`	An unsaved screen recording, kept up to 7 days.
`Backups\`	Automatic and manual backups, unless you chose another folder.
`publish-keys.json`, `ai-keys.json`	Your passwords and keys for publishing and AI, encrypted with your Windows account.

What leaves your PC, and only when you ask#

You do this	What is sent, and where
Use an AI feature	The text you chose, and screenshots only if Send screenshots is on, to your own provider, or with Thoth AI to Thoth and on to OpenAI (writing and voice). Blurs are burned in first. Thoth AI keeps only how much each request used, never the text.
Review a guide with AI	The guide’s title and each step’s title and description, as text only: no screenshots, typed text or notes. Email addresses, phone, card and ID numbers, keys and IP addresses are replaced with a label first, and links are cut before their query. You see exactly what is sent before it goes, and nothing is sent until you choose Review.
Write an introduction with AI	The same as a review: the guide’s title and each step’s title and description, as text only, with emails, phone, card and ID numbers, keys and IP addresses replaced by a label first and links cut before their query. The window says what was hidden before you choose Write.
Publish to NinjaOne, Hudu, Confluence or Notion	The guide to that service.
Choose an online voice for video	The narration text to your provider. The Windows voices stay on your PC.
Sign in, or turn on cloud features	Your account and what you choose to back up, sync or host. Backups and synced guides are encrypted on your PC first.
Ask for an email review	A private copy of the guide, with blurs burned in, so the reviewer can open it. The link works for 7 days.
Send an error report	What you wrote, the images you attached and the diagnostics you left ticked. Save report ZIP sends nothing.
Start Thoth	A license check and an update check, when they’re on. A pasted key the website issued has to be checked with it at least every 14 days.
Write to support from your account	Your message, and (unless you untick it) your account details: name, email, ids, role, plan and counts, never guide content. It is emailed to our support inbox.

Typing

Thoth reads the field you typed into, not your keystrokes, and never a password field. A screenshot can still show private information, so review them. See Blur private information by hand.

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Where Thoth keeps your data, and what leaves your PC

The folder your guides live in, what each file is, and the optional features that send something online.

Plan: Free
Reading time: 3 min read
Checked against Thoth for Windows on: October 23, 2026

What’s on your PC#

Everything is under %APPDATA%\Thoth. To open it, paste that into the Windows address bar. Uninstalling Thoth leaves it there, so reinstalling finds your guides.

In the folder	What it is
`data\thoth.db`	Your guides, steps, folders, export presets and document designs.
`data\guides\…`	The screenshots, one folder per guide.
`settings.json`	Your settings.
`license.json`	Your license key. Pro is worked out from it each time and never stored, so editing a file can’t unlock it.
`device.json`	An id Thoth made for this computer, used to count computers per license. Nothing about your hardware.
`recordings\draft\`	An unsaved screen recording, kept up to 7 days.
`Backups\`	Automatic and manual backups, unless you chose another folder.
`publish-keys.json`, `ai-keys.json`	Your passwords and keys for publishing and AI, encrypted with your Windows account.

What leaves your PC, and only when you ask#

You do this	What is sent, and where
Use an AI feature	The text you chose, and screenshots only if Send screenshots is on, to your own provider, or with Thoth AI to Thoth and on to OpenAI (writing and voice). Blurs are burned in first. Thoth AI keeps only how much each request used, never the text.
Review a guide with AI	The guide’s title and each step’s title and description, as text only: no screenshots, typed text or notes. Email addresses, phone, card and ID numbers, keys and IP addresses are replaced with a label first, and links are cut before their query. You see exactly what is sent before it goes, and nothing is sent until you choose Review.
Write an introduction with AI	The same as a review: the guide’s title and each step’s title and description, as text only, with emails, phone, card and ID numbers, keys and IP addresses replaced by a label first and links cut before their query. The window says what was hidden before you choose Write.
Publish to NinjaOne, Hudu, Confluence or Notion	The guide to that service.
Choose an online voice for video	The narration text to your provider. The Windows voices stay on your PC.
Sign in, or turn on cloud features	Your account and what you choose to back up, sync or host. Backups and synced guides are encrypted on your PC first.
Ask for an email review	A private copy of the guide, with blurs burned in, so the reviewer can open it. The link works for 7 days.
Send an error report	What you wrote, the images you attached and the diagnostics you left ticked. Save report ZIP sends nothing.
Start Thoth	A license check and an update check, when they’re on. A pasted key the website issued has to be checked with it at least every 14 days.
Write to support from your account	Your message, and (unless you untick it) your account details: name, email, ids, role, plan and counts, never guide content. It is emailed to our support inbox.

Typing

Thoth reads the field you typed into, not your keystrokes, and never a password field. A screenshot can still show private information, so review them. See Blur private information by hand.