> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://praison.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Delete Skill • AI Agent SDK

> delete_skill: Remove a skill.

# delete\_skill

Method

> This is a method of the [**SkillManager**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/classes/SkillManager.md) class in the [**manager**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/modules/manager.md) module.

Remove a skill.

By default this is a *recoverable* archive: the skill directory is
moved aside into the archive store and can be restored later. This
keeps the self-improvement loop safe — a skill is never lost. Pass
`hard=True` to permanently delete the directory (legacy behaviour).

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def delete_skill(name: str, hard: bool, propose: Optional[bool]) -> dict
```

## Parameters

**name** `str` *required*

Skill name to delete

**hard** `bool` (default: False)

If True, permanently remove the directory (unrecoverable)

**propose** `Optional[bool]`

If True, stage the deletion for human approval instead of removing from disk. Defaults to the manager's `write_approval` policy. Pass `propose=False` to delete directly.

### Returns

**Returns** `dict`

Dict with success status

## Uses

* `archive_skill`
* `get_skill`
* `shutil.rmtree`

## Used By

* [`SkillManager.delete`](../functions/SkillManager-delete)

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/skills/manager.py#L873)
>
> `praisonaiagents/skills/manager.py` at line 873

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## Related Documentation

> [card] [Skills Concept](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/concepts/skills)

> [card] [Skills Feature](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/features/skills)


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