PKey.Release
------------

Releases the private key from memory.

| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Certificates](component_Certificates.md) | [7.0](newinversion70.md) | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |

MBS( "PKey.Release"; PKeyRef ) 

**MBS**( **"PKey.Release";** /\* Releases the private key from memory. \*/  
**$PKeyRef**) /\* The reference to the private key.e.g. $pkey \*/ 

### Parameters

| Parameter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| PKeyRef | The reference to the private key. | $pkey |

### Result

Returns OK or error.

### Description

Releases the private key from memory.  
### See also

- [ECKey.Release](ECKeyRelease.md)
- [Encryption.PubKeyEncrypt](EncryptionPubKeyEncrypt.md)
- [PKCS12.ReadFromContainer](PKCS12ReadFromContainer.md)
- [PKCS12.ReadFromFile](PKCS12ReadFromFile.md)
- [PKCS7.Release](PKCS7Release.md)
- [PKey.ReleaseAll](PKeyReleaseAll.md)
- [SendMail.Sign](SendMailSign.md)

### Release notes

- **Version 10.5**
    - Added [AVExport.ReleaseAll](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/AVExportReleaseAll.shtml), [AVRecorder.ReleaseAll](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/AVRecorderReleaseAll.shtml), [CoreML.ReleaseAll](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/CoreMLReleaseAll.shtml), [DNSLookup.ReleaseAll](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/DNSLookupReleaseAll.shtml), [Dictionary.ReleaseAll](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/DictionaryReleaseAll.shtml), [FM.SQL.ReleaseAll](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/FMSQLReleaseAll.shtml), [JS.ReleaseAll](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/JSReleaseAll.shtml), [JavaScript.ReleaseAll](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/JavaScriptReleaseAll.shtml), [LDAP.ReleaseAll](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/LDAPReleaseAll.shtml), [PDFKit.ReleaseAll](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/PDFKitReleaseAll.shtml), [PKCS12.ReleaseAll](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/PKCS12ReleaseAll.shtml), [PKCS7.ReleaseAll](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/PKCS7ReleaseAll.shtml), [PKey.ReleaseAll](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/PKeyReleaseAll.shtml), [SSH.ReleaseAll](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/SSHReleaseAll.shtml), [WinSendMail.ReleaseAll](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/WinSendMailReleaseAll.shtml), [WindowsML.ReleaseAll](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/WindowsMLReleaseAll.shtml), [WordFile.ReleaseAll](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/WordFileReleaseAll.shtml), and [X509.ReleaseAll](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/X509ReleaseAll.shtml).

This function checks for a license.

Created 23th December 2016 , last changed 25th December 2016

  
[PKey.ReadFromFile](PKeyReadFromFile.md) - [PKey.ReleaseAll](PKeyReleaseAll.md)

[HTML Version](PKeyRelease.shtml)