---
name: "pgp-clean"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "signing-party"
version: "2.11-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pgp-clean"
---

# pgp-clean(1)

## NAME

pgp-clean -- remove all non-self signatures from key

## SYNOPSIS

- **pgp-clean** \[**-s**\] *keyid* \[*keyid* ...\]

  ## DESCRIPTION

**pgp-clean** takes a list of keyids on the command line and outputs an ascii-armored keyring on stdout for each key with all signatures except self-signatures stripped.  Its use is to reduce the size of keys sent out after signing (e.g. with **caff**).

## OPTIONS

- **-s** **--export-subkeys**

  Do not remove subkeys. (Pruned by default.)

- *keyid*

  Use this key.

## ENVIRONMENT

- *HOME*

  The default home directory.

- *GNUPGBIN*

  The gpg binary.  Default: `"gpg"`.

- *GNUPGHOME*

  The default working directory for gpg.  Default: `"$HOME/.gnupg"`.

## FILES

- $HOME/.gnupg/pubring.gpg - default GnuPG keyring

  ## SEE ALSO

[**caff**(1)](/caff/1.md), [**gpg**(1)](/gpg/1.md).

## AUTHOR

Peter Palfrader \<peter@palfrader.org\>

This manpage was written in POD by Christoph Berg \<cb@df7cb.de\>.