secret-tool Command Examples

Store and retrieve passwords, part of the libsecret package. Communicates with Freedesktop secret service implementations such as gnome-keyring. More information: https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/libsecret/.

• Store a secret with an optional label:

secret-tool store --label={{label}} {{key}} {{value}}

• Retrieve a secret:

secret-tool lookup key {{key}}

• Get more information about a secret:

secret-tool search key {{key}}

• Delete a stored secret:

secret-tool clear key {{key}}