SQ(1)                            User Commands                           SQ(1)

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

SYNOPSIS
       sq key subkey delete [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION
       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`.



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

       --key=FINGERPRINT|KEYID
              Delete the specified key's secret key material

       --output=FILE
              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`.

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

EXAMPLES
       Delete Alice's signing subkey.

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

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

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

VERSION
       1.2.0 (sequoia-openpgp 1.22.0)

Sequoia PGP                          1.2.0                               SQ(1)