sq-key-delete(1)

sq-key-delete1

Delete a certificate's secret key material

Usage

sq key delete [OPTIONS]

Overview

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 [email protected]

Version

1.4.1

Releases

2 releases since Debian 13 (Trixie); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 13
  2. Arch

From sequoia-sq 1.4.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.