---
title: "ezgh private-ca ca delete"
description: "Schedule a certificate authority's deletion."
---

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# ezgh private-ca ca delete

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```sh
ezgh private-ca ca delete <ca> [--window days] [flags]
```

Delete a certificate authority: it stops signing now, and after `--window` days (7–30, default 30) its key is destroyed for good. Until then `ezgh private-ca ca restore` brings it back. Its CRLs and OCSP keep being served until its certificate expires. A CA with active subordinates, or managed certificates that renew from it, can't be deleted until they're gone. It asks first on a terminal; `--yes` confirms otherwise.

Part of [`ezgh private-ca ca`](/cli/reference/private-ca-ca).

## Flags

| Flag | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--window` | int | `30` | days until its key is destroyed, 7–30 |
| `-y`, `--yes` | boolean |  | don't ask for confirmation |

This command also takes the [global flags](/cli/reference#global-flags).

Source: https://docs.ezghcloud.com/cli/reference/private-ca-ca-delete/index.mdx