Privacy Policy

Last updated 1 November 2026

Who we are

Cove Client ("Cove", "we", "us") is a free launcher for Minecraft: Java Edition, made by an independent developer in England. This policy covers the Cove app and this website, coveclient.com. If you have a question about it, email support@coveclient.com.

What the Cove app keeps on your computer

Cove stores everything it needs in its own folder on your PC (%APPDATA%\.cove). None of it is sent to us.

• Your accounts. For each Minecraft account you add: your Minecraft username, your player ID (UUID), and the sign-in tokens Microsoft gives Cove so you don't have to log in every time. The tokens are encrypted with Windows' built-in data protection, so only your Windows user account can read them.
• Your settings. Things like your chosen version, memory, window size and which mods are switched on.
• Where you last played. For each instance, the world or server you last joined, so Continue can take you back there.
• Skins. Skins you save in the Skins tab.
• Game files. Minecraft, Java, mods, your worlds, game options and game logs.

You can remove an account at any time in Cove, which deletes its saved tokens. To remove everything, uninstall Cove and delete the .cove folder.

Signing in with Microsoft

You sign in on Microsoft's own sign-in page, in your normal web browser. Cove never sees or stores your Microsoft password. After you sign in, Microsoft sends Cove a sign-in token, which Cove exchanges with Xbox Live and Minecraft's services to check that you own Minecraft: Java Edition and to get your username, player ID and skin. This is the same process every Minecraft launcher uses. Microsoft handles that information under the Microsoft Privacy Statement.

Services Cove connects to

To update itself, sign you in, set up the game and find content for it, the Cove app connects directly to these services. Cove doesn't send any of them extra tracking information.

• Cove's download server (download.coveclient.com, run on Cloudflare): each time Cove opens, it checks here for a newer version of itself and downloads any update from here. Like any download, this shares your IP address and which version of Cove you're using.
• Microsoft, Xbox Live and Minecraft services: to sign you in and confirm you own the game, and to change your skin or cape when you do that in the Skins tab (login.microsoftonline.com, xboxlive.com, minecraftservices.com).
• Mojang: to download Minecraft, its game assets and the right version of Java, and to find a player's skin when you add one by their username (mojang.com, minecraft.net).
• Mod loaders: to download Fabric (fabricmc.net), Forge (minecraftforge.net) or NeoForge (neoforged.net) for an instance that uses one.
• Modrinth (modrinth.com): to search for and download the mods, modpacks, shaders, resource packs and data packs you choose, and to check them for updates. Your search terms are sent to Modrinth. To recognise files you added to an instance yourself, Cove also sends Modrinth their fingerprints (a short code worked out from each file, not the file itself).
• CurseForge (curseforge.com, forgecdn.net, run by Overwolf): the same, when you browse CurseForge in Cove. Your search terms are sent to CurseForge, under the Overwolf Privacy Policy.
• mc-heads.net: to show your skin's face next to your account. Cove sends your player ID to load the picture.
• mclo.gs (run by Aternos): only if you choose to upload a game log from Cove's console, after confirming. Cove sends that log to mclo.gs, which publishes it at a link anyone can open, so you can share it when asking for help. Logs can include your Minecraft username, servers you joined and folder paths on your PC, which may contain your Windows username. mclo.gs handles it under the mclo.gs Privacy Policy.

Like any website you visit, these services can see your IP address and what was requested, and they handle that under their own privacy policies. Once Minecraft is running, the game itself connects to Mojang and Microsoft, and to any servers you join, just as it does from the official launcher.

What we don't do

• We don't collect analytics, usage statistics or crash reports.
• We don't show ads or use advertising or tracking tools.
• We don't sell, rent or share your information with anyone.
• We don't have Cove accounts, so there's no profile about you on our side.

This website

coveclient.com doesn't use cookies, analytics, trackers or embedded content from other sites. It's hosted on Cloudflare, and Cove's installer and updates are downloaded from download.coveclient.com, which runs on Cloudflare too. Cloudflare may log visitors' IP addresses to run and secure its service, as described in the Cloudflare Privacy Policy. Cloudflare is an American company and may process this outside the UK, under its own data protection terms.

If you email us

If you contact us, we'll receive your email address and whatever you write. We use it only to reply to you, on the basis of our legitimate interest in answering your message. We keep it only as long as we need to, and we'll delete it if you ask.

Children

Cove doesn't collect personal information from anyone, including children. Minecraft accounts for players under 18 are managed by Microsoft under its own family and child account rules.

Your rights

Under UK data protection law (the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018), you have the right to ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you, and to have it corrected or deleted. Because Cove keeps your information on your own computer and not on our side, the only thing we'd usually hold is an email you've sent us. To make a request, email support@coveclient.com. If you're unhappy with how we've handled your information, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.

Changes to this policy

If Cove changes in a way that affects your information, for example by adding online features or cosmetics, we'll update this policy before that change goes live and change the date at the top of this page.

Contact

Email support@coveclient.com.