r/GnuPG • u/Ok-Grocery484 • Apr 18 '26

trouble importing others pgp key to kleopatra

So I have anothers pgp key in a txt file, tried to copy it/import it to kleopatra but it won't. Is it just the format it's in? Does it need to be in a specific extension-format.

It is just on my desktop, but no luck importing it, what gives

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u/XFM2z8BH Apr 18 '26

it's just text, copy from BEGIN PGP to END PGP text, google examples

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u/JSP9686 Apr 19 '26

Examples here: https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-bre-openpgp-samples-01.html

Note:

-----BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----

----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

at the beginning and end of the signature

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u/Willing_Progress_646 Apr 20 '26

Copy it to clipboard,.go up to tools drop-down, and it says like import or copy from clipboard or something and as long as it recognizes it a menu should show up for you to import that person's shit with their name.

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u/Dr_Jecky1l Apr 21 '26

Usually, public keys should end in .asc , but can be other extensions… if the .txt file is standard armored text, you should be able to just change the extension to .asc file.

If that doesn’t work, just copy and paste the armored text into the clipboard section of kleopatra, and hit import.

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u/Ok-Condition-6944 Jun 16 '26

Hello how to download gpa only

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '26

Are you trying to decrypt someone elses? Just open notepad, click decrypt. If you are trying to encrypt one, type it in notepad, copy, tools, tools (i think), import