Does Cursorful Upload My Recordings to the Cloud?

No — by default, your recordings stay on your own machine. Cursorful renders video locally ("local offline rendering"), and the page states your videos never leave your computer unless you explicitly choose to upload them to Cursorful Cloud, which is described as coming soon. If you record sensitive or internal material, the default behavior is local-only.

What "local offline rendering" means in practice

Rendering is the step that turns your raw capture into a finished video file (with zooms, pans, backgrounds, and hidden browser chrome applied). Cursorful does this on your device rather than on a server.

The practical consequences:

• The video file is produced on your computer, not fetched back from a remote service.
• No upload step is required to get a finished export.
• Recording and editing can work without sending footage anywhere.

This matters most when the content on screen includes credentials, customer data, internal dashboards, or anything you would not want stored on someone else's infrastructure.

When a recording would leave your machine

There is exactly one path described on the site: you explicitly upload to Cursorful Cloud. The page lists this as "coming soon," so it is not a current default and not something that happens automatically.

The key word is explicitly — the site frames upload as a deliberate choice you make, not a background behavior. Until that feature ships, there is no cloud destination described for your footage.

Privacy-relevant details worth knowing

The "no sign-up required" point reinforces the local-first design: if you do not create an account, there is no account-linked cloud storage to worry about.

A concrete scenario

Say you need to record a walkthrough of an internal admin panel that shows live customer records. With Cursorful's default flow, you record in the browser, the zooms and pans are applied, and the export is rendered locally — the file lands on your disk. You then decide where it goes. Nothing is transmitted as part of making the video.

Contrast that with a tool that uploads on stop: there, the moment you finish recording, the footage is already on a server, and "delete" becomes a request rather than a guarantee. Cursorful's stated design avoids that default.

Caveats to keep in mind

• "Coming soon" is not a guarantee of behavior. When Cursorful Cloud launches, read its terms before uploading anything sensitive.
• Local rendering does not mean the extension has no network activity. The site does not detail telemetry or analytics; if that is a concern, treat it as unverified rather than confirmed either way.
• Your own sharing is the real risk. Once you export and send a file, its privacy depends on where you put it — email, Slack, a public link.
• Pro plan does not change the storage model. The paid tier adds commercial use, 4K exports, and mic/camera support; the page does not describe it as moving your recordings to a server.

Bottom line

If your question is "will my recording be uploaded without me knowing?" — the site's answer is no. Rendering is local, upload is opt-in and not yet available, and you can use the free plan without an account. For sensitive content, that default is the relevant fact; just re-check the terms once Cursorful Cloud actually ships.