[Guide] Getting SHA1 key for a Windows System (Example) (2024)

Posted May 25, 2015 5:29pm by

Getting your SHA1 key is a little more complicated on a Windows system so, follow along with my steps here:

1) Open Command Prompt by pressing Start+R and typing cmd.exe.

2) Using Windows Explorer, find where your JDK directory is located (Usually Program Files >> Java) and copy the path.

3) In Command Prompt, type cd followed by the directory of your JDK’s bin directory. e.g: cd C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_25\bin is the command I use (Yours may vary).

4) Using Windows Explorer, find where your .android directory is located (Usually under Users >> [YOUR WINDOWS USERNAME]) and copy the path.

5) Now, use this command below:

keytool -exportcert -alias androiddebugkey -keystore [PATH_TO_.ANDROID_DIRECTORY] -list -v

Replacing [PATH_TO_.ANDROID_DIRECTORY] with the path you copied. Note that you should be running this command in terminal/command prompt in your JDK’s bin directory (You did this in Step 3).

You should then be prompted with the password as normal which you can enter (The password is android) . After that, you’ll see the list of certificates printed to the screen. You want the SHA1 key.

In Command Prompt, it’s a little more tricky to copy the result so, to do that, follow these instructions:

1) Right-click on the Command Prompt.

2) Select Mark.

3) Highlight the SHA1 key.

4) Right-click again and the text will then be copied to your clipboard. You can now enter this on the Google Developer’s Console.

Hope it helps and if you have any problems with this, give me a shout and I'll be happy to help out :)