Delete/Untrust Certificates from macOS

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∟Delete/Untrust Certificates from macOS

This section provides a tutorial example on how to untrust (if delete is not possible) a certificate from macOS using Keychain Access.

As you can see from the previous tutorial, the list of trusted root CA certificates on macOS is quite long. It contains many root CA certificates you are probably never going to use them. If you want to, you can delete root CA certificates that are not needed from macOS.

Here is what I did on macOS to delete the "VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority - G5" certificate, which may be needed to validate some Website certificates. But I can delete it, because I have exported it to a file already.

1. Repeat steps listed in the previous tutorial until you see the Keychain Access window.

2. Click "System Roots" keychain, then "Certificates" category on the left pane. And select "VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority - G5".

3. Search for ways to delete the selected root certificate. No way from the menu system. Press "Delete" key does nothing. So there is no way to delete a root certificate.