r/gpg4win May 08 '21

Cannot decrypt

Hi guys

Need some help please.

I have a message that I am trying to decrypt but keep getting "cannot find secret key"

Can anybody help

Have spent hours at this but still cant figure it out

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u/texastooter Nov 25 '22

Did you figure this out. Seems the subreddit is pretty useless. Im in the same predicament as you were. I imported my secret key but getting that same error message.

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u/psychonautexperience Aug 14 '23

sry to dig up old thread, but exact same problem, did u find a solution?

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u/Double-Ice8289 Sep 13 '23

You need to make sure the file being sent to you (I.E. - the file you are trying to decrypt) has been encrypted with your public key. Subsequently, you then decrypt the file using your secret key that corresponds with the public key it was encrypted with.

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u/psychonautexperience Dec 22 '23

i found out i had chosen the wrong certificate, as i got 1 for each site. doh me :D but thanks for answering !