Certificate Authority CA cleanup

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HistoricalSwimming-7156 asked Mar 27, '22 LimitlessTechnology-2700 answered Apr 1, '22

Certificate Authority CA cleanup

I have tried to follow this guide in order to clean up previous Certificate Authority installation
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/windows-security/decommission-enterprise-certification-authority-and-remove-objects

However when i try to create again a CA it remembers the previous one
How can i completely delete previous CA without trace?

windows-server-security

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Answer 1 · 2022-03-28T09:44:23.94Z

Crypt32 answered Mar 28, '22 HistoricalSwimming-7156 edited Mar 30, '22

Navigate to Certificates MMC focused on local machine context (or simply run certlm.msc console). In personal folder, select existing certificate and delete it.

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HistoricalSwimming-7156 · Mar 30 at 06:38 AM

Hello,

Indeed i found certificates related to the old CA there. Deleted them but the old CA is still showing

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Answer 2 · 2022-04-01T10:38:22.16Z

LimitlessTechnology-2700 answered Apr 1, '22

Hi @HistoricalSwimming-7156

You can try completely decommissioning the CA server and then starting again.

Here's a guide:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/windows-security/decommission-enterprise-certification-authority-and-remove-objects

I do hope this answers your question.

Thanks.

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