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Unable to delete Private Key from FileVaultMaster.keychain

I'm following the steps from this article: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202385

In the second section entitled "Remove the private key from the master keychain"

I have no problem unlocking the Keychain but

I get this message when I try to delete the Private Key:

An error occurred while deleting “FileVault Master Password Key.”

UNIX[Operation not permitted]

Anyone know how to fix this?

MacBook Air

Posted on Jan 28, 2020 12:05 PM

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Posted on Jan 29, 2020 10:44 AM

Open System Preferences/Security and Unlock the Preferences pane
Scroll down to Full Disk Access and Highlight it.
Click the Plus (+) sign under the Allow the Apps.. Window and add Keychain Access
After this you will be able to delete the Private Key.

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