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key with your revoked key! This exported revoked key is
your Revocation Certificate. Save it for later, and back it
up in a safe place just like your other backup.
Now that you have a revocation certificate, delete the key.
Go back to the PGP Desktop, right-click your key, and choose
Delete. You will get two warnings, as shown in Figures 3-11 and
3-12. The first states that by deleting the private key, others
will be able to encrypt messages to you that you won’t be able
to read. Because you have a backup of your private key, this
isn’t an issue. When you choose OK, PGP then warns you that
deleting the private key is permanent ...