You can install certificate into certificate store using Wizard in certmgr.msc (Right click install)? Does anyone knows how to \"cleanly\" remove all the certificate by either u
You could try the X509Store
and releated classes in the .Net Framework to delete a certificate from the certificate store. The following code example deletes a certificate from the current user's My store:
// Use other store locations if your certificate is not in the current user store.
X509Store store = new X509Store(StoreName.My, StoreLocation.CurrentUser);
store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadWrite | OpenFlags.IncludeArchived);
// You could also use a more specific find type such as X509FindType.FindByThumbprint
X509Certificate2Collection col = store.Certificates.Find(X509FindType.FindBySubjectName, "yoursubjectname", false);
foreach (var cert in col)
{
Console.Out.WriteLine(cert.SubjectName.Name);
// Remove the certificate
store.Remove(cert);
}
store.Close();
BEGIN EDIT: Based on the comments in the comment section I've updated my answer with a code sample showing how to remove a certificate and all certificates in the chain:
X509Certificate2Collection col = store.Certificates.Find(X509FindType.FindBySubjectName, "yoursubjectname", false);
X509Chain ch = new X509Chain();
ch.Build(col[0]);
X509Certificate2Collection allCertsInChain = new X509Certificate2Collection();
foreach (X509ChainElement el in ch.ChainElements)
{
allCertsInChain.Add(el.Certificate);
}
store.RemoveRange(allCertsInChain);
END EDIT
Hope, this helps.