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Checking for existing GPG keys Before you generate a GPG key, you can check to see if you have any existing GPG keys.
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Identity
Access management
Existing GPG keys

{% data reusables.gpg.supported-gpg-key-algorithms %}

{% note %}

Note: GPG does not come installed by default on macOS or Windows. To install GPG command line tools, see GnuPG's Download page.

{% endnote %}

{% data reusables.command_line.open_the_multi_os_terminal %} {% data reusables.gpg.list-keys-with-note %} 3. Check the command output to see if you have a GPG key pair. * If there are no GPG key pairs or you don't want to use any that are available for signing commits and tags, then generate a new GPG key. * If there's an existing GPG key pair and you want to use it to sign commits and tags, then add your GPG key to your GitHub account.

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