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

# Delete Skill

`client.skills.delete(skillID, params?, options?): DeletedSkill`

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

Delete Skill

## Parameters

- `skillID: string` (path parameter)

  Unique identifier for the skill.

  The format and length of IDs may change over time.

- `params: SkillDeleteParams`

  - `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

- `interface DeletedSkill`

  - `type: "skill_deleted"`

    Deleted object type.

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

    default: skill_deleted

  - `id: string`

    Unique identifier for the skill.

    The format and length of IDs may change over time.

## Example

```typescript
import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";

const client = new Anthropic({
  apiKey: process.env["ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"] // This is the default and can be omitted
});

const deletedSkill = await client.skills.delete("skill_id");

console.log(deletedSkill.id);
```

### Response (200)

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