deleteion of a key

[Matthew Cline]

On Monday 02 July 2001 01:17 am, Michael_Hoeller@hugoboss.com wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I like to delete my own keys (never have been used). How can I do that?=
 I
> checked the docs I am  confused, I found a lot about deletion of subkey=
s
> and expiration but what if I just want to get completely rid of a key?

To delete your key from your keyring, do:

=09gpg --delete-secret-and-public-key name

If you are on UNIX, you can also just delete the ~/.gnupg directory.

If you've sent your public key to a public key server, then it's a bit mo=
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complicated.  You can just leave it there, of course, but to tidy things =
up,=20
you should create a revocation certification for your key, import that=20
certificate, then send the revoked key to the public key server:

=09gpg -o revoke.txt --gen-revoke name
=09gpg --import revoke.txt
=09gpg --keyserver server --send-keys name

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