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Remove SSH key from GPG agent keyring.txt
keys=$(gpg-connect-agent 'keyinfo --list' /bye | awk '{print $3}')
for key in $keys; do gpg-connect-agent "delete_key $key --force" /bye; done
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jean-christophe-manciot commented Oct 4, 2021 •
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Actually, with your first line, all keys are deleted from the gpg-agent keyring, i.e SSH keys and GPG secret keys.
You can verify your GPG secret keys with:

gpg --list-secret-keys --with-keygrip

To remove only SSH keys:

ssh_keys=$(gpg-connect-agent 'keyinfo --ssh-list' /bye | awk '{print $3}')
for key in $ssh_keys; do gpg-connect-agent "delete_key --force $key" /bye; done
# Verifying that all SSH keys are not cached anymore by gpg-agent
ssh-add -l

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