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Deleting a custom certificate

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Yandex Cloud
Updated at May 5, 2026

To delete a custom certificate:

Management console
CLI
Terraform
API
  1. In the management console, select the folder you added the certificate to.
  2. Navigate to Certificate Manager.
  3. In the row with the certificate, click and select Delete.
  4. In the window that opens, click Delete.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI yet, install and initialize it.

The folder used by default is the one specified when creating the CLI profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can also specify a different folder for any command using --folder-name or --folder-id. If you access a resource by its name, the search will be limited to the default folder. If you access a resource by its ID, the search will be global, i.e., through all folders based on access permissions.

  1. View the command description:

    yc certificate-manager certificates delete --help
    
  2. View the list of certificates:

    yc certificate-manager certificate list
    

    Result:

    +----------------------+---------------+-------------+---------------------+----------+--------+
    |          ID          |     NAME      |   DOMAINS   |      NOT AFTER      |   TYPE   | STATUS |
    +----------------------+---------------+-------------+---------------------+----------+--------+
    | fpqmg47avvim******** | myupdatedcert | example.com | 2021-09-15 08:12:57 | IMPORTED | ISSUED |
    +----------------------+---------------+-------------+---------------------+----------+--------+
    
  3. Run this command:

    yc certificate-manager certificates delete \
      --id fpqmg47avvim********
    

    Where --id is the certificate ID.

    Result:

    id: fpqmg47avvim********
    folder_id: b1g7gvsi89m3********
    created_at: "2020-09-15T06:54:44.916Z"
    ...
    issued_at: "2020-09-15T08:23:50.147Z"
    not_after: "2021-09-15T08:12:57Z"
    not_before: "2020-09-15T08:12:57Z"
    

If you do not have Terraform yet, install it and configure the Yandex Cloud provider.

  1. Open the Terraform configuration file and delete the fragment describing the certificate:

    Example of a certificate description in the Terraform configuration
    ...
    resource "yandex_cm_certificate" "imported-certificate" {
      name    = "my-certificate"
    
      self_managed {
        certificate = <<-EOT
                      -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
                      MIIF...
                      -----END CERTIFICATE-----
                      EOT
        private_key = <<-EOT
                      -----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
                      MIIJ...
                      -----END PRIVATE KEY-----
                      EOT
      }
    }
    ...
    
  2. Apply the changes:

    1. In the terminal, navigate to the configuration file directory.

    2. Make sure the configuration is correct using this command:

      terraform validate
      

      If the configuration is valid, you will get this message:

      Success! The configuration is valid.
      
    3. Run this command:

      terraform plan
      

      You will see a list of resources and their properties. No changes will be made at this step. Terraform will show any errors in the configuration.

    4. Apply the configuration changes:

      terraform apply
      
    5. Type yes and press Enter to confirm the changes.

You can check the certificate deletion using the management console or this CLI command:

yc certificate-manager certificate list

To delete a certificate, use the delete REST API method for the Certificate resource or the CertificateService/Delete gRPC API call.

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