# No Trace: Private Code Chat > Anonymous chat by 8-char code. No phone, no email, no account. Encrypted. Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.teamzlab.no\_trace\_code\_chat](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.teamzlab.no_trace_code_chat) ## Overview - **ID:** `com.teamzlab.no_trace_code_chat` - **Platform:** Android - **Type:** Android app - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** TEAMZLAB - Your Technology Partner - **Category:** SOCIAL - **Downloads:** 507 - **Version:** 1.0.8 - **Last updated:** 2026-08-27 - **First published:** 2026-02-07 - **Publisher country:** GB - **Size:** 53 MB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-27 - **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teamzlab.no_trace_code_chat) - **Privacy policy:** [https://teamzlab.com/privacy-policy](https://teamzlab.com/privacy-policy) ## Description Encrypted code-based chat. No phone. No email. No account.

Share an 8-character code with someone. They type it in. You are talking. End-to-end encrypted from your device. Nothing to log in to. Nothing to back up.

WHY NO TRACE WORKS

• No phone number — no SMS confirmation that fails in your country. You install, you chat.
• No email — no recovery flow you have to remember.
• No account — no profile, no friend list, no directory.
• 8-character code — share on paper, by voice, by QR. Whoever has the code joins. Whoever does not, never sees the room.
• Optional 2-layer code — share a room without leaking access. The join-code is the second gate.
• Three privacy presets — Ghost saves nothing on your phone, Balanced keeps codes for one-tap re-open, Comfort keeps history too. Change anytime.
• Screen-recording lock — your chats render as black in screen recorders.
• App lock — optional tap-code on every launch.
• 1-tap delete all data — Settings > Account > Delete. Nothing kept on our side.

HOW IT IS DIFFERENT

Signal needs a phone number. Telegram needs a phone number. WhatsApp needs a phone number. Threema gives you a permanent ID that lives forever. No Trace gives you a throwaway 8-character code per room — no identity follows you.

WHO PICKS IT

• Journalists collecting tips
• Lawyers and doctors with confidentiality duties
• Activists and advocates
• Two people who want a chat that does not sit in either phone's backup
• Teams who want a side channel separate from work tools

CROSS-DEVICE

Android, iPhone, iPad, Web, macOS, Linux. Open the room on whatever you have nearest.

PRIVACY YOU CAN VERIFY

• No ads
• Tracking limited to crash + basic analytics, disclosed in our data safety section
• Premium uses Google Play billing only — no external payment links
• Delete all your data anytime: Settings > Account > Delete

FEATURES

• 1:1 and small-group code-gated rooms
• Featured Topics — anonymous public rooms with daily prompts
• Reply-to threading + emoji reactions
• Edit and delete your own messages
• Report and block any sender
• Long-press copy
• QR share for in-person joins
• Deep links — notrace://chat/CODE
• Three privacy levels you control

PRICING

50 free messages on install. Premium is a one-time purchase — lifetime unlimited messages. No subscriptions. No recurring charges. No renewal.

Install No Trace. Create a room. Share the code. That is the whole onboarding. ## Rankings - #1,390,921 — Overall ## Permissions and access ### Permissions - `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID` - `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION` - `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS` - `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE` - `android.permission.CAMERA` - `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE` - `android.permission.INTERNET` - `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS` - `android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO` - `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC` - `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT` - `android.permission.VIBRATE` - `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK` - `com.android.vending.BILLING` - `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE` - `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE` - `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID` - `com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES` - `com.teamzlab.no_trace_code_chat.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION` ## Similar extensions and apps - [No Trace](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.notrace2.online.tracker) — 66 users - [bono.chat](https://chrome-stats.com/d/chat.bono.app) — 47 users - [SecretCall.net](https://chrome-stats.com/d/net.secretcall.app) — 12 users - [Occultis](https://chrome-stats.com/d/app.web.occultis) — 5 users - [ChatSecret Secure Messenger](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.chatsecret) — 64 users - [Ghostline Chat](https://chrome-stats.com/d/app.ghostline.chat) — 58 users - [Code Talk](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.codetalk.app) — 755 users - [Vanish Chat - Private Chat App](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.vanishchat) — 258 users - [PhantomChat-Private Messenger](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.akhil1805.phantomchat) — 192 users - [NoTrace](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.notrace.app) — 29 users - [Tell Me Without Telling Me](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.tmwtm.app) — 131 users - [AirText - Private Chat](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.rnstrace.airtext) — 61 users --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.teamzlab.no_trace_code_chat)