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# How to Remove a Skill from a Person

# How to Remove a Skill from a Person

**In this article:**
* Overview
* How to remove a skill from a person
* Things to keep in mind
* FAQs
* Who can do this

## Overview
You can remove a skill that has been recorded against a person — for example if it was added in error. This is done from the person's profile in the People area, and removes the skill from that person only; it does not delete the skill from your account's catalogue.

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## How to remove a skill from a person
1. Go to **People** and open the person's profile.
2. Scroll to the **Skills** section and hover over the skill you want to remove — a panel shows each level the person holds for that skill.
3. Click the **trash** icon next to the level you want to remove.
4. In the **Delete skill** dialog, review the message: *"Are you sure you want to delete this skill?"* If the person earned the skill by completing learning, you'll also see a note explaining that.
5. Click **Confirm delete**.

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/superpath-help-centre/how-to-remove-a-skill-from-a-person/02-delete-skill-dialog-person_08c0e3fd.png)

## Things to keep in mind
* Removing a skill here affects only this person — the skill stays in your account's Skills catalogue and on anyone else who has it.
* If the person earned the same skill more than once (for example by completing several learnings), removing it reduces the recorded count by one rather than clearing it entirely.
* The **Skills** section on your own profile is view-only — you cannot remove your own skills there.

## FAQs
**Does this delete the skill for everyone?**
No. It only removes the skill from this person. To delete the skill from your whole account, see "How to Delete a Skill".

**What does the note about completing a learning mean?**
If the person acquired the skill by completing a learning that had the skill attached, SuperPath flags this in the confirmation so you know the skill wasn't added manually.

**Why is there no trash icon on my own profile?**
The Skills section on your own profile is view-only — removing skills is done from a person's profile in the People area.

## Who can do this
Removing a skill from a person is limited to **Owners** and **Admins** — they are the roles that see the remove control on a person's profile in the People area. **Managers**, **Content Managers**, **People Managers**, **Instructors**, **Employees** and **Restricted** users do not see this control.