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

# Delete Skill

`DeletedSkill skills().delete(params = SkillDeleteParams.none(), requestOptions = RequestOptions.none())`

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

Delete Skill

## Parameters

- `SkillDeleteParams params`

  - `Optional<String> skillId` (path parameter)

    Unique identifier for the skill.

    The format and length of IDs may change over time.

  - `Optional<String> workspaceId` (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`

  - `JsonValue type = "skill_deleted"`

    Deleted object type.

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

  - `String id`

    Unique identifier for the skill.

    The format and length of IDs may change over time.

## Example

```java
package com.anthropic.example;

import com.anthropic.client.AnthropicClient;
import com.anthropic.client.okhttp.AnthropicOkHttpClient;
import com.anthropic.models.skills.DeletedSkill;
import com.anthropic.models.skills.SkillDeleteParams;

public final class Main {
    private Main() {}

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        AnthropicClient client = AnthropicOkHttpClient.fromEnv();

        DeletedSkill deletedSkill = client.skills().delete("skill_id");
    }
}
```

### Response (200)

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