Legal
What Winhanced collects, what stays on your PC, and what we never do.
Last updated: August 28, 2026
The short version. Winhanced runs on your PC. Your game library, artwork, settings and hardware readings stay on your device. We do not sell your data, we do not run ads, and we do not read your messages for any purpose other than showing them to you inside the app. The only things our servers hold are what is needed to sign you in, check your Early Access entitlement, and count anonymous usage.
Winhanced is a controller first gaming shell for Windows. This policy covers the Winhanced desktop application, the winhanced.com website, and the api.winhanced.com service. Contact us any time at winhanced.com/contact.
Most of what Winhanced knows about you never leaves your PC. The following is stored locally, under your Windows user profile, and is never uploaded to us:
Uninstalling Winhanced, or deleting the Winhanced folder in your local application data, removes all of it.
Winhanced only talks to a platform after you connect it. Each connection is optional and can be removed in Integration Settings.
| Platform | What we access | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Steam | Owned games, playtime, achievements, friends list and presence, profile art, chat messages | To build your library and the Friends surface |
| Discord | Your profile, friends list and presence, direct messages, servers you belong to | Friends, Rich Presence, parties, in app messaging |
| Xbox | Owned and installed games, achievements, friends and presence | Library and Friends |
| PlayStation | Owned games, trophies, friends and presence | Library and Friends |
| Epic, GOG | Owned and installed games | Library |
| Patreon | Your membership tier | To unlock Early Access builds |
When you link Discord we request only the permissions the features need. We use them to show your friends list and their presence, to send and receive direct messages inside Winhanced, to publish Rich Presence for the game you are playing, and to create party invites.
Your messages are not stored on our servers. Direct messages are read from Discord and rendered on your screen. We keep them in memory while the app is running and nothing more. We do not log message content, we do not analyse it, and we never send it anywhere.
Profile banners and accent colours are fetched through our own service so that your Discord credentials never have to leave your PC for that purpose. Only the Discord user ID of the friend whose banner is being displayed is sent, and the result is not retained.
api.winhanced.com holds the minimum required to sign you in and check entitlements:
Winhanced sends a small usage record so we know which features are used and on which devices. Every field is listed here:
These records are not linked to your storefront accounts and are not used to build a profile of you.
Our website and service are hosted on Vercel and on our own server infrastructure. Website analytics are provided by Vercel Web Analytics, which does not use cookies and does not track you across sites. Platform features rely on the platforms themselves, and their handling of your data is governed by their own policies.
Local data lives on your PC until you delete it. Disconnecting a platform in Integration Settings removes its stored tokens immediately. To delete your Winhanced account record and any analytics associated with your device, contact us at winhanced.com/contact and we will remove it.
Winhanced is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their data. Some connected platforms apply their own age restrictions.
If this policy changes in a way that affects what we collect or how we use it, we will update the date at the top of this page and note the change in the app or on our Discord.
Questions about privacy, or a request to delete your data, can go to winhanced.com/contact or our Discord community.