SQ(1)                            User Commands                           SQ(1)

NAME
       sq key expire - Change expiration times

SYNOPSIS
       sq key expire [OPTIONS] EXPIRY FILE

DESCRIPTION
       Change expiration times.

       Keys and their individual subkeys can expire.  This subcommand changes
       or clears the expiration times.

       By default, the expiration time of the entire key is changed.  To
       change the expiration of only some of the subkeys, use the `--subkey`
       option.



OPTIONS
   Subcommand options
       -B, --binary
              Emit binary data

       -o, --output=FILE
              Write to FILE or stdout if omitted

       --subkey=SUBKEY
              Change expiration of this subkey, not the entire key

        EXPIRY
              Define EXPIRY for the key as ISO 8601 formatted string or custom
              duration. If an ISO 8601 formatted string is provided, the
              validity period reaches from the reference time (may be set
              using `--time`) to the provided time. Custom durations starting
              from the reference time may be set using `N[ymwds]`, for N
              years, months, weeks, days, or seconds. The special keyword
              `never` sets an unlimited expiry.

        FILE  Read from FILE or stdin if omitted

              [default: -]

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

EXAMPLES
       Make Alice's key expire in a year.

              sq key expire 1y alice-secret.pgp



       Make Alice's key never expire.

              sq key expire never alice-secret.pgp



       Make Bob's authentication subkey expire in six months.

              sq key expire 6m --subkey 6AEACDD24F896624 bob-secret.pgp

SEE ALSO
       sq(1), sq-key(1).

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

VERSION
       0.35.0 (sequoia-openpgp 1.20.0)

Sequoia PGP                         0.35.0                               SQ(1)