What input does PGP Decrypt and Verifier accept?

PGP Decrypt and Verifier accepts text. Decrypts a PGP message and verifies its signer with the supplied public and private keys.

Which settings does PGP Decrypt and Verifier provide?

PGP Decrypt and Verifier provides controls for Public key of signer, Private key of recipient, Private key password.

What does PGP Decrypt and Verifier return?

PGP Decrypt and Verifier returns text. Decrypts a PGP message and verifies its signer with the supplied public and private keys.

PGP Decrypt and Verifier

Tool workspace

Your input stays in this browser.

Needs input

You can run the tool again after any change.

Input

Options

Public key of signer

Private key of recipient

Private key password

Your result appears here

Process key or token data with PGP Decrypt and Verify and explicit format settings. Enter the key material, choose the required format, then review the result.

This tool runs open-source code from CyberChef by GCHQ (Apache License 2.0). See open-source credits.

PGP Decrypt and Verifier performs OpenPGP decryption for the supplied key or certificate data. The operation returns an armored message, signature status, decrypted text, or parsed key details.

The operation returns an armored message, signature status, decrypted text, or parsed key details. This result runs in the browser for this catalog category. Processing runs in the browser.

OpenPGP provides the selected encryption or signature operation; key trust, revocation, and storage remain external.

Instructions

Provide text or data for this tool.
Use a disposable public fixture and short message. This applies to PGP Decrypt and Verifier.
Keep private keys and passphrases out of copied examples. This applies to PGP Decrypt and Verifier.
Verify the signer key identity through an independent trust process. This applies to PGP Decrypt and Verifier.

Example

Input: Short public message "Test message" with a disposable ASCII-armored PGP fixture key.

Settings: PGP Decrypt and Verifier: Use the required ASCII-armored public or private key. Provide the private-key passphrase only for a disposable local fixture. Match encryption, signing, decryption, and verification key roles.

Result: The operation returns an armored message, signature status, decrypted text, or parsed key details.

Limits

PGP Decrypt and Verifier: Successful decryption does not prove who supplied the ciphertext.
PGP Decrypt and Verifier: A valid signature does not establish that the key belongs to a person.
PGP Decrypt and Verifier: The tool does not manage revocation, key trust, or secure private-key storage.