# Delete a skill

DELETE

/

v1

/

skills

/

Delete a skill

```
curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api.perplexity.ai/v1/skills/{skill_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
```

:::code-group
```title="400"
{
  "error": {
    "message": "<string>",
    "type": "<string>",
    "code": 123,
    "param": "<string>"
  }
}
```

```title="404"
{
  "error": {
    "message": "<string>",
    "type": "<string>",
    "code": 123,
    "param": "<string>"
  }
}
```

```title="409"
{
  "error": {
    "message": "<string>",
    "type": "<string>",
    "code": 123,
    "param": "<string>"
  }
}
```

```title="429"
{
  "error": {
    "message": "<string>",
    "type": "<string>",
    "code": 123,
    "param": "<string>"
  }
}
```

```title="502"
{
  "error": {
    "message": "<string>",
    "type": "<string>",
    "code": 123,
    "param": "<string>"
  }
}
```
:::

#### Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Bearer authentication header of the form `Bearer <token>`, where `<token>` is your auth token.

#### Path Parameters

skill\_id

string

required

Skill identifier returned by create or `GET /v1/skills`

#### Query Parameters

expected\_revision

string

required

Opaque revision token the skill must currently be at. The write applies only if it matches, so it cannot race a concurrent update.

#### Response

Skill deleted

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## Related pages

- [Create a skill](./agent-api-2-skills-create-post.md)
- [List skills](./agent-api-2-skills-list-get.md)
- [Get a skill](./agent-api-2-skills-get.md)
- [Add a skill revision](./agent-api-2-skills-update-put.md)
- [List skill revisions](./agent-api-2-skills-revisions-get.md)
- [Get a skill download URL](./agent-api-2-skills-download-get.md)

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