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Why can't I decrypt my paste?

Learn what the paste decryption error means.

Pastes that are end-to-end encrypted require a special key that is not stored by Horizon. Without this key, the paste contents are irrecoverable.

When you visit an end-to-end encrypted paste without the specified key, you may see the error message: "[Decryption Error] Could not decrypt data. Do you have the correct key?"

To learn more about how encryption works, you can read the article on How does encryption work?.