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sq-key-delete - Delete a certificate's secret key material

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  Subcommand options  Global options  EXAMPLES  SEE ALSO  VERSION 

NAME

sq−key−delete − Delete a certificate’s secret key material

SYNOPSIS

sq key delete [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

Delete a certificate’s secret key material.

OPTIONS

Subcommand options

−−cert=FINGERPRINT|KEYID

Delete secret key material from the key with the specified fingerprint or key ID

−−cert−email=EMAIL

Delete secret key material from the key where a user ID includes the specified email address

−−cert−file=PATH

Delete the secret key material from the key read from PATH

−−cert−userid=USERID

Delete secret key material from the key with the specified user ID

−−output=FILE

Write the stripped certificate to the specified file

Global options

See sq(1) for a description of the global options.

EXAMPLES

Delete any secret key associated with Alice’s certificate.

sq key delete −−cert EB28F26E2739A4870ECC47726F0073F60FD0CBF0

Delete any secret key associated with Alice’s certificate selected by user ID.

sq key delete −−cert−[email protected]

SEE ALSO

sq(1), sq−key(1).

For the full documentation see <https://book.sequoia−pgp.org/>.

VERSION

1.3.1


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se