StatementLock Guide

Everything you need to get the most out of StatementLock — from your first upload to rule-based categorization you control, the AI financial report, privacy, and troubleshooting. Prefer to explore hands-on? Try the live demo.

🚀 Getting Started

Set up StatementLock: choose a local folder, drop your bank and credit-card PDF statements, and review income, expenses, and spending. Requires Chrome or a Chromium-based browser.

🏷️ Categorizing Transactions

How StatementLock categorizes: built-in merchant patterns and your own keyword rules assign every category locally on your device — the AI extracts transactions but does not assign categories.

🔧 How Rule Builder Works

Use the StatementLock Rule Builder: click word chips to require or exclude terms and scope a rule to one account for precise, inspectable categorization.

⚡ Handling Exceptions

Handle one-off exceptions in StatementLock — like a single electronics purchase at a grocery store — by editing the description or using the date chip to build a more specific rule.

➕ Custom Categories

Create and manage your own spending categories in StatementLock to match how your household thinks about money, alongside the built-in categories.

🔧 Rule Syntax

StatementLock rule syntax: AND (+), NOT (−), how hyphens are handled, and how rule priority picks the most specific match.

📊 AI Financial Report

What the StatementLock AI report covers: income and spending analysis, a subscription audit, fraud and anomaly flags for you to review, and trackable action items.

📄 Viewing Original PDFs

Open the original statement PDF behind any transaction in StatementLock — from your own local folder, at the page where the charge appears — to verify amounts and context.

🔒 Privacy & Security

How StatementLock protects your privacy: statements are parsed in your browser and kept in your local folder; only de-identified transaction text is sent to the AI.

💡 Tips & Tricks

Get more from StatementLock: bulk-drop PDFs, trim dates, sort and edit rules inline, rename transactions, and back up your rules and settings.

❓ Troubleshooting

Troubleshoot StatementLock: the Chrome requirement, fixing a wrong category, missing transactions, truncated reports, and refreshing the Overview chart.

🗑️ Deleting an Account

Delete a single account's data in StatementLock — removing the app's cached transactions and saved PDFs while keeping your original files, categories, and rules.

📁 Local Folder Structure

Inside the StatementLock local data folder: statements, cache, config, and reports — all stored on your own device.

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