How to encrypt using Gpg4win?

Kleopatra is the graphical user interface client for Gpg4win, hence allowing the user to manage their OpenPGP and S/MIME certificates proficiently.

Gpg4win is the windows version of GnuPG. It complies with the German Federal Office for Information Security's (BSI) guidelines for key length and algorithms.

To decrypt with Gpg4win, copy the message that you want to encrypt. Open Kleopatra Component and select Clipboard and Decrypt/Verify. Input the passphrase and click OK. Followed by Finish. Open a text editor and paste the message that has been decrypted.

To encrypt a file in Gpg4win, choose Sign/Encrypt. Open the file that you want to encrypt. Enter the credentials of the person for whom you are encrypting. Click the key to that email to encrypt the data. Click Encrypt. Enter the desired password and click OK.

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