How to Get Certificate Fingerprint(SHA1) code in Windows

When you are hoping to work with Google Maps Android  API v2 you may require SHA1 key. In this post i`m going to tell you how to obtain SHA1 Key from you machine.

To get the fingerprint(SHA1 ) just follow the below instructions :

Step 1 :

Go to - C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_25\bin

Step 2 :

Inside the bin folder there is a .exe file which is named as "jarsigner.exe". Double click on the .exe file and run it.

Step 3:

open command prompt (press Windows Key + R then type "cmd" without quotations in the appearing dialogue box and then press Enter Key).

then type the code sniff below :

cd C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_25\bin


then again type on cmd :

keytool -list -keystore "C:/Documents and Settings/Your Name/.android/debug.keystore"

Step 4:

Then it will ask for Keystore password now. The default password if "android" type and enter


Now Your are Done. You will have a Key Like Below :)



9 comments :

Thanks a lot

April 6, 2018 at 1:26 AM comment-delete

Thanks brother, saved my time.

January 16, 2019 at 1:22 AM comment-delete

i reached untill password enter
but password enter field is not working

July 8, 2019 at 3:10 AM comment-delete

thank you! you are life saver

September 26, 2019 at 3:57 AM comment-delete

not able to find keystore

December 23, 2019 at 11:56 PM comment-delete

Thank you Sir.

February 12, 2020 at 2:56 AM comment-delete

thanks buddy

July 18, 2020 at 2:41 AM comment-delete

It says,

'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

October 16, 2020 at 2:49 AM comment-delete

Hi, i have same problem did you solved then?

January 24, 2021 at 10:38 PM comment-delete

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