delete ID

[Brian Minton]

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On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 10:24:53PM +0200, Florian Effenberger wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a GnuPG key with three different user IDs. I wanted to
> delete two of them, so I deleted the self-signing and
> eventually the ID and submitted that to the keyserver
> (pgp.mit.edu).
> 
> When creating a new GnuPG keyring on another computer and
> fetching my key, I see the correct uid. However, using the web
> interface of pgp.mit.edu all three uids are still shown? How
> can that happen?
> 

Florian,

You can't just delete them, because the keyservers (almost) never
delete anything, only add.  What you need to do is revoke them,
and gpg won't show them.  To revoke the id, first edit the key:
	gpg --edit 0x12345678
(of course, use your own key id)
Then select the id you wish to revoke.  A * will show the userid
currently being edited.  Then, revoke your selfsig on that id:
	revsig
gpg will ask if you are sure, etc.  You may repeat this process
for every userid you wish to revoke.  Finally, save the key:
	save

N.B. I am not sure if the RFC explicitly defines revoking
userids, but certainly revoking the selfsig on a particular user
achieves the same effect.

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Brian Minton             |    OpenPGP fingerprint:     
brian@minton.name        |    81BE 3A84 A502 ABDD B2CC
http://brian.minton.name |    4BFD 7227 8820 5703 7472   
Live long, and prosper longer!       KeyID: 0x57037472
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