#Recover PAYLOAD_SECRET_KEY?

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still cipher
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So I deleted my .env file by mistake. 🤦‍♂️

Is there a way to recover the secret key somehow, or do I have to reinstall Payload with a fresh key and migrate my data over?

still cipher
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Oh actually I had misunderstood what the secret key was used for. After doing some more reading of the documentation (https://payloadcms.com/docs/getting-started/installation#server), sounds like it's only used to generate the user tokens (JWT).
So I assume that the only downside of changing the secret key would be invalidating current user tokens. 👍

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