How do you remove the root CA certificate that fiddler installs

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muzzamo picture muzzamo · May 30, 2013 · Viewed 78.6k times · Source

Fiddler helpfully offers to add a unique root CA certificate to intercept HTTPS traffic.

Once this certificate has been added, how do you go about removing it?

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Answer

EricLaw picture EricLaw · May 30, 2013

Either of two ways:

1) Disable HTTPS decryption and click the button titled "Remove Interception Certificates"

fiddler options dialog

2) Open CertMgr.msc, open the Personal and Trusted Stores, and use the Delete key on the root.

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