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title: Add and manage CA and client certificates in the Postman VS Code extension
updated: 2025-08-22T00:00:00.000Z
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You can add a custom CA certificate in the Postman VS Code extension to connect to an API that uses a certificate registered with an internal certificate registry. You won't need to turn off SSL verification in your request. You can also add a client certificate to connect to an API that uses Mutual TLS (mTLS) authentication.

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  Certificates added to Postman are stored locally and aren't synced to the Postman cloud.
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## Access certificates

To access certificates, do the following:

1. Click <img alt="Options icon" src="https://assets.postman.com/postman-docs/aether-icons/action-options-stroke.svg#icon" width="16px" /> **Views and More Actions** at the top of the sidebar.
2. Select **Settings > Certificates**.

To learn about adding and managing certificates in Postman, see [Add and manage CA and client certificates in Postman](/docs/sending-requests/authorization/certificates/).