Update content/nginx-one/how-to/certificates/manage-certificates.md

nginx · mjang · Mar 17, 2025 · Mar 17, 2025 · Mar 24, 2025 · Mar 26, 2025
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 ## Remove a managed certificate
 
-You can remove a managed certificate from an independent instance or from a Config Sync Group. This will remove the certificate's association with the Instance or group, but it does not delete the certificate files from the Instance(s).
+You can remove a deployed certificate from an independent instance or from a Config Sync Group. This action also deletes the certificate files or certificate-key pairs from the data plane Instance(s).
-You can remove a deployed certificate from an independent instance or from a Config Sync Group. This action also deletes the certificate files or certificate-key pairs from the data plane Instance(s).
+You can remove a deployed certificate from an independent instance or from a Config Sync Group. This action deletes the CA certificate files or certificate-key pairs from the data plane Instance(s).
-You can remove a deployed certificate from an independent instance or from a Config Sync Group. This action also deletes the certificate files or certificate-key pairs from the data plane Instance(s).
+You can remove a deployed certificate from an independent instance or from a Config Sync Group. This action deletes the CA certificate files or certificate-key pairs from the data plane Instance(s).
 
 Every Instance with a certificate includes paths to certificates in their configuration files. If you remove one certificate, that change is limited to that one Instance.
-Every Instance with a certificate includes paths to certificates in their configuration files. If you remove one certificate, that change is limited to that one Instance.
+For a managed certificate that was deployed from the console to your data plane instance, you might have chosen to reference the certificate in the NGINX configuration file, using the file paths specified in the certificate deployment. You can choose to remove those certificate references from the NGINX configuration file through the console. This will not affect the deployed certificate on your data plane instance. The certificate and private key files if deployed, will remain on the data plane instance.
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+If you would like to delete those certificate and private key files from your data plane, follow the instructions above and click on the "delete" icon next to those files in the NGINX configuration editor.
-Every Instance with a certificate includes paths to certificates in their configuration files. If you remove one certificate, that change is limited to that one Instance.
+For a managed certificate that was deployed from the console to your data plane instance, you might have chosen to reference the certificate in the NGINX configuration file, using the file paths specified in the certificate deployment. You can choose to remove those certificate references from the NGINX configuration file through the console. This will not affect the deployed certificate on your data plane instance. The certificate and private key files if deployed, will remain on the data plane instance.
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+If you would like to delete those certificate and private key files from your data plane, follow the instructions above and click on the "delete" icon next to those files in the NGINX configuration editor.