# Delete old certificate/keys

**URL:** <https://community.ciphermail.com/t/delete-old-certificate-keys/249>\
**Category:** Gateway\
**Created:** [November 7, 2011, 9:30am UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/delete-old-certificate-keys/249 "2011-11-07T09:30:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![lst\_hoe021](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/58956e/32.png) [@lst\_hoe021](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/lst_hoe021)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 9:30am UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/delete-old-certificate-keys/249/1 "2011-11-07T09:30:42Z")

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Hello

i have a bunch of expired certificates/keys and like to delete them in  
Djigzo. Some of them were automatically assigned to a user and are now  
not deleteable (no red cross). They can be deleted after opening the  
user --\> signing certificate setting and simply closing it agian. The  
users in question have newer certificate/key pairs and they are used  
without problem. It looks like the certificate list is not updated  
correctly for the "deleteable" status.

Regards

Andreas

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**Author:** ![martijn](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.ciphermail.com/martijn/32/127_2.png) [@martijn](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/martijn)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/delete-old-certificate-keys/249/2 "2011-11-07T20:26:02Z")

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Could it be that you selected "Always use freshest signing certificate"?  
Certificates that were selected before the option "Always use freshest  
signing certificate" are still selected although they are not used if  
"Always use freshest signing certificate" is selected. Can you add a  
JIRA entry ([https://jira.djigzo.com](https://jira.djigzo.com)). I will see whether the selected  
certificate can always be removed when "Always use freshest signing  
certificate" is selected for a user.

Kind regards,

Martijn Brinkers

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> On 01/-10/-28163 08:59 PM, lst\_hoe02(a)kwsoft.de wrote:
> 
> > i have a bunch of expired certificates/keys and like to delete them in  
> > Djigzo. Some of them were automatically assigned to a user and are now  
> > not deleteable (no red cross). They can be deleted after opening the  
> > user --\> signing certificate setting and simply closing it agian. The  
> > users in question have newer certificate/key pairs and they are used  
> > without problem. It looks like the certificate list is not updated  
> > correctly for the "deleteable" status.
> 
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> Djigzo open source email encryption