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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" type="topic" style="task" id="pgp-delete"> <info> <link type="guide" xref="index#pgp-keys"/> <revision version="0.1" date="2011-10-23" status="stub"/> <revision pkgversion="3.9" version="0.1" date="2013-06-24" status="review"/> <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> <credit type="author copyright"> <name>Aruna Sankaranarayanan</name> <email its:translate="no">aruna.evam@gmail.com</email> <years>2013</years> </credit> <credit type="editor copyright"> <name>Hashem Nasarat</name> <email its:translate="no">hashem@riseup.net</email> <years>2014</years> </credit> <desc>Delete local copies of your keys or the keys of people you communicate with.</desc> </info> <title>Delete an existing key</title> <p>If you are no longer communicating with someone, you can delete the copy of their GnuPG key on your computer using <app>Passwords and Keys</app>. You can also permanently delete a key you own as long it has never been published on a key server. Deleting a GnuPG key deletes both the public key and the secret key.</p> <steps> <title>To delete a key:</title> <item> <p>Select the key. </p> </item> <item> <p>Right click, and choose <gui>Delete</gui>.</p> <note style="important"> <p>When you delete a GnuPG key that has been published on a key server, you only delete the key in your GnuPG keyring because a copy of the public key will still be present on some key server.</p> <p>If you delete your GnuPG key, this means that your private key will be permanently deleted, even though your public key can still be <link xref="pgp-retrieve-remote">retrieved</link> from a key server and used to encrypt messages to you that you won't be able to read! To prevent such a key from being used, retrieve and <link xref="subkeys-revoke">revoke</link> the key. The revoked key can then be <link xref="pgp-sync">synced</link> with a key server to prevent people from retrieving and using it.</p> <!-- or when you <link xref="misc-key-revoke">revoke</link> it.- No revoking feature yet for SSH keys/PGP master keys--> </note> </item> <item> <p>In the new dialog, confirm the deletion by ticking the <gui style="checkbox">I understand that this secret key will be permanently deleted</gui> checkbox, and press the <gui style="button">Delete</gui> button to finish.</p> </item> </steps> </page>