Mail.app wants to sign using key "privatekey" in your keychain

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April 14, 2020
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I wanted to sign a document using the sign/signature tool but for whatever reason, I ended creating a digital signature by mistake now I can't send the email without attaching a private key. I needed to remove this ASAP.

Adobe Reader doesn't allow me to remove the certificate. i.e clicking on the "Remove Id" does nothing.

SOLUTION:

1. Open Keychain on your mac "search 'keychain' in Spotlight (The magnifying glass icon on the top right of your screen) or Go to >Applications>Utilities>Keychain.app

2. Find the culprit certificate in the list

3. Take a back of the key in case something goes wrong by exporting the certificate.

4. >>> Delete

5. Restart the Mail app and also the Adobe Reader app.

Sorted 🙂

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Correct answer Jelle5C10

Hi,

When you open a new email, you can simply deactivate this digital encrypted signing by clicking on the little blue encircled checkmark in the new mail editor window. If you do this, it will stay unchecked for all subsequent emails. So no need to manually delete digital certificates from the keychain.

(I'm on Big Sur 11.1).

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Jelle5C10Correct answer

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Hi,

When you open a new email, you can simply deactivate this digital encrypted signing by clicking on the little blue encircled checkmark in the new mail editor window. If you do this, it will stay unchecked for all subsequent emails. So no need to manually delete digital certificates from the keychain.

(I'm on Big Sur 11.1).

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Pingu77

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Thank you Jelle5C10, simple and elegant. I somehow created a monster without intending to, and all attempts to send some urgent documents failed until I found your solution. Phew! (I am on Monterey 12.0.1). Please accept a large virtual bouquet of flowers 💐