Terms of use

Last updated September 28, 2026

Inky lets you draw a sketch and share it with a link. By using Inky you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, please don't use it.

What you can post

You're responsible for what you draw and share. Don't use Inky to post anything that:

• is illegal
• harasses, threatens or targets a real person
• promotes hate or violence against people or groups
• shares someone's private information
• copies artwork you don't have the right to share

Your sketches

You keep ownership of what you draw. By saving a sketch you let Inky store it, show it to anyone with the link, and look at it when we need to, like when it gets reported.

Anyone with a link can see that sketch, so don't draw anything you want kept private.

How long sketches last

Sketches are deleted automatically 7 days after they're saved, though we may keep some longer. If you're signed in, you can keep a sketch for a month instead, once per sketch. Save a copy with the Download button if you want to keep one.

Removal and reporting

We can remove any sketch at any time, for any reason, including sketches that break these terms. Sketches that get reported are hidden until they're reviewed.

If the law requires it, we may share a sketch with the authorities.

To report a sketch, use the Report link on its page. For anything else, including copyright complaints, contact us through contact@inky.to.

Accounts

Accounts are optional. Keep your password and recovery code safe: there's no email, so without them we can't get you back into your account. Display names and sketch names follow the same rules as everything else, and we can disable accounts that break these terms. You can delete your account at any time from the account page.

No guarantees

Inky is an early, experimental service provided as is. It may change, go offline or lose sketches, and we aren't liable for any loss that results from using it.

Changes

We may update these terms. If we do, we'll change the date at the top of this page.

Privacy

You can use Inky without saying who you are. Here's everything it keeps.

Your sketches

When you save, Inky stores the strokes you drew and the image made from them. Sketches aren't listed anywhere unless you choose to show them on your profile. Anyone with the link can see one, and so can the people who run Inky when reviewing reports or keeping the site safe. We'd only share a sketch with anyone else if the law required it. Sketches are deleted automatically 7 days after they're saved, unless we choose to keep one longer, or sooner if they're removed.

If you make an account

Accounts are optional. If you make one, Inky stores your login name, display name and avatar, your password and recovery code (only as one-way scrambled versions we can't read back), and when you joined and last visited. Your display name and avatar can be seen by others; your login name is never shown.

Sketches you save while signed in are linked to your account so you can find them again. That link stays private: a sketch only shows your name, and appears on your public profile, if you turn on Show on my profile for it. Deleting your account from the account page removes your account and every sketch linked to it.

Your IP address

Inky uses your IP address briefly, in memory, to stop people from saving or reporting too often. It isn't stored with your sketch. Our hosting provider, Railway, may keep standard server logs that include IP addresses.

In Inky Space, each stroke is saved with the name you used, your account if you're signed in, a random ID your browser makes for itself, and a scrambled tag made from your IP address (not the address itself). That lets us undo vandalism by one person without touching everyone else's drawing. It's deleted when the space resets each week, or, in a personal space, when the space is cleared or deleted.

Your browser

While you draw, your unsaved sketch is kept in your own browser so a refresh doesn't lose it. It never leaves your device unless you press Save. If you sign in, a cookie keeps you signed in for up to 30 days; it's only used for that.

Things Inky doesn't do

• no emails, and accounts are optional
• no ads or ad trackers
• no selling or sharing your data

The page loads its font from Google Fonts, which means Google can see that your browser requested it.

Questions

Contact us through contact@inky.to.