> ## Documentation Index
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# Delete skill

> Delete a skill from the company catalog. Cascades to employee assignments.

<div className="endpoint-versions" data-nav-page="/api-reference-v2/core/v4/skills-skill-id-delete" data-nav-group="Skills">
  <span className="endpoint-versions-label">Version:</span>
  <span data-version="v4" data-current>v4</span>
</div>


## OpenAPI

````yaml openapi-v2.json DELETE /core/v4/skills/{skillId}
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Sesame Public API v2
  description: >-
    Public API v2 — additive surface `/public/{context}/v{N}`,
    endpoint-versioned from v4
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.sesamehr.com
    description: Production
security:
  - Bearer: []
paths:
  /core/v4/skills/{skillId}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Skills
      summary: Delete skill
      description: >-
        Delete a skill from the company catalog. Cascades to employee
        assignments.
      operationId: DeleteSkill
      parameters:
        - name: skillId
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
        - name: force
          in: query
          description: >-
            Delete the skill even when it is still assigned to employees.
            Omitted or false rejects the deletion with 409 when assignments
            exist.
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
            default: 'false'
            enum:
              - 'true'
              - 'false'
              - '1'
              - '0'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: The skill was deleted.
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key
        '403':
          description: API consumer lacks permission over the requested resource
        '422':
          description: Validation error
components:
  securitySchemes:
    Bearer:
      type: http
      description: 'Sesame Public API consumer token (Authorization: Bearer <token>)'
      scheme: bearer

````