How do I remove the TinyPilot CA certificate?

The TinyPilot CA certificate establishes trust between your browser and your TinyPilot device. The private key for the TinyPilot CA certificate is stored on the device at /etc/ssl/private/tinypilot-ca.key.

If your device's CA private key is ever compromised, you should uninstall the TinyPilot CA certificate from any machine where you installed it as a trusted certificate.

Remove the TinyPilot CA certificate

To remove the TinyPilot CA certificate, follow the instructions below your operating system:

• Windows
• Debian/Ubuntu
• Mac OS X

Windows

1. Open the Start Menu
2. Type certmgr
3. Click "Manage computer certificates"
4. Open "Trusted Root Certification Authorities > Certificates" in the left panel
5. Find "tinypilot-ca" in the right panel
6. Right-click "tinypilot-ca" and select "Delete"
7. Click "Yes" to confirm the deletion

Debian / Ubuntu

1. From the terminal type, sudo dpkg-reconfigure ca-certificates
2. When prompted "Trust new certificates from certificate authorities?" select "no"

3. Scroll to extra/tinypilot-ca.crt and press the Space key to deselect it

   • The certificate may alternatively have the name ca.crt
4. Press the Tab key to select Ok and hit Enter
5. Purge the certificate with sudo rm /usr/share/ca-certificates/extra/tinypilot-ca.crt

OS X

1. From Finder, open Applications > Utilities > Keychain Access
2. Select the "System" keychain
3. Find "tinypilot-ca" in the right panel
4. Right-click the "tinypilot-ca" entry and select "Delete"
5. Click "Delete" to confirm the deletion

Reinstalling the TinyPilot CA

To reinstall the TinyPilot CA, see "How do I fix browser privacy errors?"