Remove key file password

You cannot upload a custom certificate with a password-protected key file.

The process for removing the password depends on your operating system. The following examples remove the password from example.com.key.

Linux

Open a command console.
Go to the directory containing the example.com.key file.
Copy the original key.
```
cp example.com.key temp.key
```
Run the following command (if using an ECDSA certificate, replace rsa with ec).
```
openssl rsa -in temp.key -out example.com.key
```
When prompted in the console window, enter the original key password.
Upload the file contents to Cloudflare.

Windows

Go to https://indy.fulgan.com/SSL/ ↗ and download the latest version of OpenSSL for your x86 or x86_64 operating system.
Open the .zip file and extract it.
Select openssl.exe.

In the command window that appears, run:

rsa -in C:\Path\To\example.com.key -out key.pem

Enter the original key password when prompted by the openssl.exe command window.
Upload the contents of the key.pem file to Cloudflare.