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Adobe Acrobat uses the term "digital ID" for digital certificate.

If you have already set up a Windows Certificate Security Digital ID in Acrobat, this should be removed to prevent anyone from resetting the Preference back to Windows Certificate Security and thus obtaining unauthorized access to your digital ID.

Remove a Digital Certificate


In Acrobat, select Edit > Preferences


In the Preferences dialog box, select Signatures > Identities & Trusted Certificates > More

Preferences

Select + Digital IDs. Highlight the certificate you want to remove and click Remove ID

Digital ID and Trusted Certificate Settings

Click OK

Acrobat Security Prompt

You will not receive a warning so you must keep a back up of your certificate if you wish to reinstall it.


You may remove the certificate by using Detach File for certificates created using older versions of Acrobat where you receive the following error

Remove ID Error Message

Click Digital ID Files


Highlight the certificate you wish to remove and click Detach File

Detach File

If you find your certificate has also been stored in the Windows Certificate Store and you wish to remove it:


Open Internet Explorer and select Tools > Internet Options


Select Content > Certificates

Internet Options - Content Tab

Highlight the certificate file and click Remove

Certificates

When you receive the following message, click Yes. The certificate wil be removed.

Remove ID Confirmation Message

Click Close and OK. You must close and reopen Acrobat for the change to take effect.