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Remove GPG Yubikey, and enable another one
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[OPTIONAL] list the keygrip IDs using

gpg --list-secret-keys --with-keygrip

If ALL your private keys are on external cards like the Yubikey, you can delete them all using:

rm -r ~/.gnupg/private-keys-v1.d

After the deletion of the keygrips, it seems beneficial to run

gpgconf --kill gpg-agent
gpg --card-status
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