Removing BLS keys?

Web3 Staking
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Hi there,

I see instructions on how to add BLS keys,
2. Setting up BLS Keys - Harmony.

What is not clear is how you would go about removing a single BLS key if you lose enough stake and are no longer being elected. Whenever I want to increase or decrease my number of slots, do I simply create an entirely new set of keys and discard (or backup) the old ones? I always assumed I’d add or remove 1 key at a time, but it’s really not clear from these instructions how you could explicitly remove a single key. As a follow on, the instructions say all BLS keys must be on the same shard, but when I look through the validators I can see they are being elected to slots on multiple shards…are the instructions out of date? Any help on these questions would be appreciated, thanks!

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Found my answer, leaving this up for anyone else who was confused about this.

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Creating BLS keys only needs to happen once really.

You create the key files, create pass files, move them into your blskeys folder, and maybe save a backup copy at home or on a cloud drive.

Then register them to your validator wallet when you need to add or remove them.