SQ(1) User Commands SQ(1)

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

sq key subkey delete [OPTIONS]

Delete a certificate's secret key material.

Unlike `sq key delete`, which deletes all the secret key material, this command only deletes the specified secret key material.

If the secret key material is managed by multiple devices, it is deleted from all of them.

Although the secret key material is deleted, the public keys are retained. If you don't want the keys to be used anymore you should revoke the keys using `sq key subkey revoke`.

Delete secret key material from the key with the specified fingerprint or key ID
Delete secret key material from the key where a user ID includes the specified email address
Delete the secret key material from the key read from PATH
Delete secret key material from the key with the specified user ID
Delete the specified key's secret key material
Write the stripped certificate to the specified file
This option only makes sense when deleting the secret key material from a file. When deleting secret key material managed by the key store using `--cert`, you can get the stripped certificate using `sq key export`.

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

Delete Alice's signing subkey.

sq key subkey delete \
--cert=EB28F26E2739A4870ECC47726F0073F60FD0CBF0 \
--key=42020B87D51877E5AF8D272124F3955B0B8DECC8

sq(1), sq-key(1), sq-key-subkey(1).

For the full documentation see https://book.sequoia-pgp.org.

1.4.0

1.4.0 Sequoia PGP