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Install Gpg4win

A secure solution for file and email encryption.

Install with winget
winget install --id GnuPG.Gpg4win
Upgrade
winget upgrade --id GnuPG.Gpg4win
Uninstall
winget uninstall --id GnuPG.Gpg4win

About Gpg4win

Gpg4win enables users to securely transport emails and files with the help of encryption and digital signatures. Encryption protects the contents against an unwanted party reading it. Digital signatures make sure that it was not modified and comes from a specific sender.

What's new in 5.0.2

Gpg4win version 5.0.2 is available since 2026-03-16. Notes to Admins An update to this version is recommended due to the following security fixes: - A security bug in GpgOL has been fixed which could result in no warning shown to the user when a signed mail contained a not signed attachment after a signed one. (T8110) - The libpng component has been updated to version 1.6.55 to fix a security issue (CVE-2026-25646). This is only exploitable in our software if a mail is opened via Kleopatra. Changes GUI (Kleopatra) - Kleopatra in Gpg4win and GnuPG Desktop uses now a blue icon (T8083) - New Registry key to allow saving CSR as PEM (T8115) - Removed "Forced Decryption" button in notepad (T8124) - Omit question about own key when importing a secret team key (T8098) - Add expired/revoked information to ldap search results (T8042) - Extract single folder archive without creating subfolder (T8022) - New filter for valid certificates (T7950) - Make the initial status of the check boxes of the sign/encrypt dialog configurable (T7831) - Add config option to only allow upload of own certificates to LDAP (T7772) - Changed dialog on import of secret key (T7637, T7502) - Improvement of clipboard actions (T7455) - Improved lookup of gpgconf executable (T8082) - Improvements for "Save Secret Team Key" (T8027, T8030) - Fix order of filters in settings dialog (T8079) - Formatting of QES signatures is no longer bold font (T8077) - Re-added support for config options RSAKeySizes and PGPKeyType (T8056) - Fix tab navigation in smart card table (T8051) - Some improvement in representation of signa...

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Version history

Version Updated Notes
5.0.2 Unknown Gpg4win version 5.0.2 is available since 2026-03-16. Notes to Admins An update to this version is recommended due to the following security fixes: - A security bug in GpgOL has been fixed which could result in no warning...
5.0.1 Unknown A critical bug was found in the GnuPG versions included with Gpg4win 5.0.0 and the previous 3 beta versions. Please update as soon as possible to Gpg4win version 5.0.1 For more info see the Security Advisory T8044
5.0.0 Unknown Release notes
4.4.1 Unknown Release notes
4.4.0 Unknown Release notes
4.3.1 Unknown - GnuPG: D-TRUST ECC smart cards are now supported. [T7000,T7001] - Kleopatra: The WKD lookup does now also work if the mail addresses are surrounded by spaces. [T6868] - Kleopatra: The WKD lookup now works even if no ke...
4.3.0 Unknown Included Gpg4win components in version 4.3.0 are: GnuPG: 2.4.44 Kleopatra: 3.2.0 GpgOL: 2.5.12 GpgEX: 1.0.10 Kompendium DE: 4.0.1 Compendium EN: 3.0.0 Noteworthy changes in Version 4.3.0 (2024-01-25) --------------------...
4.2.0 Unknown Included Gpg4win components in version 4.2.0 are: GnuPG: 2.4.3 Kleopatra: 3.1.28 Okular: 23.07.70-patched GpgOL: 2.5.8 GpgEX: 1.0.9 Kompendium DE: 4.0.1 Compendium EN: 3.0.0 New in Gpg4win version 4.2.0 (2023-07-14) ----...
4.1.0 Unknown Included Gpg4win components in version 4.1.0 are: GnuPG: 2.4.0 Kleopatra: 3.1.26 GpgOL: 2.5.6 GpgEX: 1.0.9 Kompendium DE: 4.0.1 Compendium EN: 3.0.0 New in Gpg4win version 4.1.0 (2022-12-19) -----------------------------...
4.0.4 Unknown --- Features --- - GnuPG: In de-vs mode use AES-128 instead of 3-DES as implicit preference. This avoids problems with software considering 3-DES as non-compliant but does only announce 3-DES as supported algorithm. [T60...
4.0.3 Unknown --- Bug fixes --- - Kleopatra: A crash that occured when exiting the Application has been fixed. (T5962) - GnuPG: Security update to 2.3.7 to fix CVE-2022-34903. (T6027) - GnuPG: Improved import of PKCS#12 containers. (T...
4.0.2 Unknown No notes
4.0.0 Unknown No notes
3.1.16 Unknown No notes
3.1.15 Unknown No notes
3.1.11 Unknown No notes