# SSL rate limits problem

**URL:** <https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/ssl-rate-limits-problem/103516>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [October 6, 2019, 11:22am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/ssl-rate-limits-problem/103516 "2019-10-06T11:22:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![megaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@megaster](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/megaster)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 11:22am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/ssl-rate-limits-problem/103516/1 "2019-10-06T11:22:46Z")

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hello my site gives such an error, How can I fix?

Error: {“type”:“urn:ietf:params:acme:error:rateLimited”,“detail”:“Error creating new order :: too many certificates already issued for exact set of domains: [site.com](http://site.com),[www.site.com](http://www.site.com): see [https://letsencrypt.org/docs/rate-limits/","status](https://letsencrypt.org/docs/rate-limits/%22,%22status)”:429}

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**Author:** ![megaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@megaster](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/megaster)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 11:44am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/ssl-rate-limits-problem/103516/2 "2019-10-06T11:44:02Z")

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How do I delete old certificates

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**Author:** ![mnordhoff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/mnordhoff/32/22583_2.png) [@mnordhoff](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/mnordhoff)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 12:01pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/ssl-rate-limits-problem/103516/3 "2019-10-06T12:01:52Z")

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> **[Rate Limits - Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/docs/rate-limits/)**
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> Let’s Encrypt provides rate limits to ensure fair usage by as many people as possible. We believe these rate limits are high enough to work for most people by default. We’ve also designed them so renewing a certificate almost never hits a...

> [@megaster](#):
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> How do I delete old certificates

There's nothing you can delete that will affect the rate limits.

Can you use one of the other 5 certificates that have been issued recently?

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**Author:** ![megaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@megaster](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/megaster)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/ssl-rate-limits-problem/103516/4 "2019-10-06T14:27:29Z")

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> [@mnordhoff](#):
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> There’s nothing you can delete that will affect the rate limits.
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> Can you use one of the other 5 certificates that have been issued recently?

I had to delete the server and cannot access certificates. Need to wait 1 week?

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**Author:** ![danb35](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/danb35/32/70869_2.png) [@danb35](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/danb35)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 10:12am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/ssl-rate-limits-problem/103516/5 "2019-10-07T10:12:45Z")

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You had to delete the server **five times** within a week? If you're testing things out, you should use the testing environment with Let's Encrypt--that's what it's for.

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> Need to wait 1 week?

One week from the time the first cert was issued.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/original/3X/c/a/ca6c06ea1ea201324bba7048c6841ce60236468d.png) [@system](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 10:12am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/ssl-rate-limits-problem/103516/6 "2019-11-06T10:12:52Z")

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