# PGP Encrypt/Decrypt Binary

**URL:** <https://community.n8n.io/t/pgp-encrypt-decrypt-binary/7837>\
**Category:** Nodes\
**Tags:** credentials, data-transformation, node\
**Created:** [September 13, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/pgp-encrypt-decrypt-binary/7837 "2021-09-13T15:24:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![herope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8491ac/32.png) [@herope](https://community.n8n.io/u/herope)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/pgp-encrypt-decrypt-binary/7837/1 "2021-09-13T15:24:08Z")

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PGP key encrypting/decrypting of binary files would be very helpful - it could be incorporated in the existing Crypto Module or as a separate node.

For local implementations this can be handled via scripts, but for the n8n.cloud there is not a good workaround I can find.

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**Author:** ![michael75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@michael75](https://community.n8n.io/u/michael75)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/pgp-encrypt-decrypt-binary/7837/2 "2022-05-12T14:48:40Z")

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need it too

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**Author:** ![voltazek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e99b99/32.png) [@voltazek](https://community.n8n.io/u/voltazek)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/pgp-encrypt-decrypt-binary/7837/3 "2025-02-26T19:31:57Z")

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Needed here also.