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Terms and conditions
The short version: the tools are free, use them for your own files or ones you're allowed to use, and check important results. Below is what each tool can and can't do.
Last updated 9 November 2026
1Using Orbitool
- Orbitool is free and needs no account.
- Only process files and save videos you made, or that you have permission to use. You are responsible for what you upload, translate or download.
- Don't use the site to break the law, to harm others, or to overload it on purpose (for example with automated requests). We may block access that does this.
2Your files
- PDF tools, QR codes and ZIP files are handled inside your browser. These files never leave your device.
- PDF Translator: the text of your PDF is sent to our server and to an AI translation service to be translated. We don't keep your file. Translated text may be kept in memory for a short time so a retry is instant.
- Video: we look up the link you paste and pass the video to you. We don't save videos on our server.
- We don't sell your data or show your files to anyone.
3What may not work
These are the problems people run into most. None of them is a bug you did; most are limits set by other websites.
Video downloader
- Private or login-only posts can't be saved (private Instagram accounts, some reels, Reddit, Vimeo).
- Live streams can't be saved until they've finished.
- Paid, copy-protected services (Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Spotify and similar) are never supported.
- YouTube sometimes refuses our server at busy times. If it does, try again a little later.
- Websites change often. A site can stop working for a day or two until our video engine is updated (this happens automatically every day).
- High qualities such as 4K are joined in your browser and need a lot of memory: on a phone, pick a lower quality.
- There are fair-use limits: about 12 links a minute and 4 downloads at once per person.
PDF Translator
- Translations are made by a machine and can be wrong. Have important documents (legal, medical, official) checked by a person.
- The layout is kept as closely as possible, but long translations may be printed smaller to fit, and some lines can shift.
- Scanned PDFs (pages that are pictures) have no text to translate.
- Some short labels, names and codes may stay in English. Coloured or bold headings can lose their style in some languages.
- At busy times you may be asked to wait a minute.
PDF tools
- Password-protected PDFs must be unlocked first (you need the password).
- Watermark removal works on watermarks added as text or shapes. A watermark that is part of a scanned image can't be removed.
- Very large files depend on your device's memory and may fail on older phones.
QR codes
- Scan your code before you print it. A light colour on a light background, or a very small print, may not scan.
- The code points exactly where you tell it. We don't track scans and can't change a code after it's printed.
4No guarantee
- The tools are provided "as is", for free. We work hard to keep them right, but we can't promise they will always be available or error-free.
- Keep a copy of your original files. We aren't responsible for losses caused by using the site.
- We may change or remove tools, and update these terms. The date at the top shows the latest version.
5Copyright
- We don't host or keep anyone's videos or documents.
- If you own content and believe the site is being used to copy it without permission, tell us with the form below. Include the link to your content. We review every request and can block links or sites.
6Report a problem
Something not working, or a copyright complaint? Tell us here. No sign-up needed.