How to Revoke a Certificate

If a certificate was issued by mistake, or should no longer be relied on, revoke it. Anyone who checks it afterwards sees that it has been withdrawn.

Steps

1. Open Certificates and find the certificate. Search by name, email or ID if needed.
2. Choose Revoke for that certificate.
3. Confirm, completing the two-factor confirmation if asked.

The second confirmation is there on purpose: revoking is a destructive action, so it can’t happen from a stray click.

What happens next

• Anyone who checks the certificate, by QR code or ID, sees Revoked instead of Valid.
• The certificate stays in your records, marked as revoked. Filter by status to see all revoked certificates.

Revoke carefully. Check you have the right certificate, especially when several were issued to the same person.

Issued a certificate with a typo? Revoke it and issue a corrected one: see how to issue a certificate.

Questions

Is revocation immediate?

Yes. The verification page shows the certificate as Revoked straight away.

Is a revoked certificate deleted?

No. It stays in your records, marked as revoked, so the history is kept.

Should we tell the recipient?

Usually yes, especially if you are issuing a corrected certificate to replace it.