Certificate Authority CA cleanup

Question

I have tried to follow this guide in order to clean up previous Certificate Authority installation
https://learn.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?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

Hi @Historical_Swimming

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

Here's a guide:

https://learn.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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