---
title: Delete Skill
url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/ruby/skills/delete
---

# Delete Skill

`skills.delete(skill_id, **kwargs) -> DeletedSkill`

**DELETE** `/v1/skills/{skill_id}`

Delete Skill

## Parameters

- `skill_id: String` (path parameter)

  Unique identifier for the skill.

  The format and length of IDs may change over time.

- `workspace_id: String` (header parameter)

  Optional header to select the Workspace for this request. The value is a Workspace ID (for example, `wrkspc_011CZkZaBF1tNoB5wlCeusgy`).

  Only needed for credentials that can act on more than one Workspace. A credential that belongs to a specific Workspace may omit it; if sent, it must match that Workspace.

## Returns

- `class DeletedSkill`

  - `type: :skill_deleted`

    Deleted object type.

    For Skills, this is always `"skill_deleted"`.

  - `id: String`

    Unique identifier for the skill.

    The format and length of IDs may change over time.

## Example

```ruby
require "anthropic"

anthropic = Anthropic::Client.new(api_key: "my-anthropic-api-key")

deleted_skill = anthropic.skills.delete("skill_id")

puts(deleted_skill)
```

### Response (200)

```json
{
  "id": "skill_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw",
  "type": "skill_deleted"
}
```