Forget which client certificate is used by Chrome for an URL

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I'm using a client certificate to authenticate with HTTPS to a website. The first time, chrome asked me which certificate I wanted to use. However, I don't how to flush/forget this choice to choose another certificate. Chrome remembers it and I didn't find (either in stackoverflow or chrome settings) a solution to that.

The only way I found is to open a new window in private mode.

Anyone know how to do it ?

It seems like restart chrome is working, but it is not a very practical way do it... — Alexandre Duros, May 18 '16 at 09:13

score 23 · Accepted Answer · answered May 18 '16 at 09:16

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Restarting the browser will help and ask you again. Looking forward to see better solutions.

answered May 18 '16 at 09:16

Hoelli

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This is not a solution. – Cochise Ruhulessin Jul 15 '18 at 22:29
This worked for me, clearing cache didn't solve it, i had to restart chrome too. – olive_tree Nov 21 '18 at 23:36
@CochiseRuhulessin this is literally the only solution without going incognito – Sampson Crowley Jun 18 '19 at 16:44
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@JohnRed you have to COMPLETELY close your browser. if you have it set to run in the background you need to kill the process – Sampson Crowley Jun 18 '19 at 16:44
It does not work anymore, nothing works, not clearing cache, not closing chrome, not incognito. – Hrvoje Batrnek Mar 25 '20 at 13:48
Restarting worked!, There can be another way to clear the set certificate in mid browser session. But Restarting the chrome definitely works!!! Thanks a lot! – Asanke Jul 07 '20 at 21:56
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If restarting didn't work, it may because there is still Chrome process is running, just kill the process manually, and it worked for me. – lty Jan 07 '21 at 09:50

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered May 06 '19 at 14:04

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Open the target URL in an incognito session, and it should re-prompt. Not a great solution, but to me it beats having to restart all of Chrome, especially if you already had a lot of important tabs open.

answered May 06 '19 at 14:04

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It does not work anymore, nothing works, not clearing cache, not closing chrome, not incognito. – Hrvoje Batrnek Mar 25 '20 at 13:48
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Trying closing all Incognito windows first. – Paul-Sebastian Manole Mar 30 '20 at 11:08

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered May 28 '19 at 10:54

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This particular thing has sucked since the beginning of web browsers. The only solution is to use the platform APIs to build extension to manage client certificates. This is in fact what Google recommends but it's mainly for CAs and other solution providers. So the only way is to reload the browser or use incognito windows.

answered May 28 '19 at 10:54

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It does not work anymore, nothing works, not clearing cache, not closing chrome, not incognito. – Hrvoje Batrnek Mar 25 '20 at 13:49

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 29 '23 at 11:11

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It's 2023 and I faced the same problem...

What worked for me is to also clear Site Settings.

answered May 29 '23 at 11:11

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Forget which client certificate is used by Chrome for an URL

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