Disable keyring for SSH

Support & Help Requests
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I want to make sure that the gnome-keyring does not store my ssh-passwords. I get freaked out when it just pops up with a dialog, and then refuses to prompt me for a password on further ssh connections.

I’ve tried disabling keyring from startup applications (no change)
I’ve tried following various guides around the web, no success.

I should probably state, that I’m running 16.04 Mate.

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Hi @fnugus,

you could remove it with the following terminal command (Ctrl + Alt + t) which is what I have done!:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-keyring

You will be told that it will remove a few other packages which is safe (should be!) to do!. :smiley:

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Just curious, are you using the Chrome browser?

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@wolfman Thank you! That worked.

@mrjoeyman I’m using Firefox, and occasionally Chrome.

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