Privacy

Usher collects no data about you. The developer has no servers that the app talks to, and never sees your Plex account, your library or what you watch. This page explains what the app keeps on your Mac and which services it connects to.

Last updated 7 November 2026

Who Usher talks to

Usher connects to Plex and to your own servers. It also talks to Trakt, only if you connect a Trakt account.

• plex.tv, to sign you in, list the servers your account can use, and list and switch Plex Home profiles. Signing in happens on Plex's own page in your browser.
• Your Plex Media Servers, to show your library and play your files. While you watch, Usher tells your server how far you've got, the same way every Plex app does, so it can save your place and mark things watched.
• Plex's Watchlist service, to show and change your Plex Watchlist.
• Trakt, if you connect it in Settings. Usher then tells Trakt which films and episodes you start, pause and finish, so they appear in your Trakt history. Disconnecting stops this and signs Usher out of Trakt. Trakt's privacy policy covers what Trakt keeps.

When your server is away from home, Plex may route that connection through its own relay. Plex's privacy policy covers what Plex does with that traffic.

What stays on your Mac

• Your Plex sign-in token, kept in your Mac's Keychain, and your Trakt sign-in if you connected Trakt.
• Anything you download for offline viewing, with its artwork, and where you stopped while offline until your server hears about it.
• The server you picked and its address.
• Artwork and library listings, cached so screens open instantly. You can clear the artwork cache in Settings.
• Your settings, such as volume, subtitle size and whether intros are skipped.
• A small log file for troubleshooting. It never leaves your Mac unless you choose to send it.

Signing out removes your token and keeps your downloads, which you can delete from the Downloads page. Deleting the app removes everything.

What Usher doesn't have

No analytics, no advertising, no tracking across apps or websites, and no third-party code that reports on you. Nothing is sold or shared, because nothing is collected.

Buying Usher

Apple handles the free trial and the unlock through the Mac App Store. Usher asks the App Store only whether this Apple Account has either one. The developer receives sales totals from Apple and no details about who you are.

Children

Usher doesn't collect personal information from anyone, including children. Plex Home profiles with restrictions keep the limits set on your Plex account.

Changes

If Usher ever starts handling data differently, this page will say so before the update that does it, with a new date at the top.

Contact

Questions about privacy go to support@usherplayer.app.