# chainctl skills delete

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Last Modified: July 22, 2026
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 chainctl skills delete Remove a published version of a skill.
Synopsis Remove a published version of a skill.
Delete a single version: org/name:tag A tag is required to prevent accidental deletion of “latest”, and deleting the “latest” tag requires additional confirmation. When you delete a skill’s last remaining version, the now-empty skill entry is removed too, so it no longer lingers in “skills list” with no pullable content.
Clear an already-empty skill: org/name A tagless reference is accepted only for a skill that has no versions left (the residue of versions deleted before this cleanup existed). A skill that still has versions requires an explicit tag.
chainctl skills delete <ref> [flags] Options -y, --yes Automatic yes to prompts; assume "yes" as answer to all prompts and run non-interactively. Options inherited from parent commands --api string The url of the Chainguard platform API. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev") --audience string The Chainguard token audience to request. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev") --config string A specific chainctl config file. Uses CHAINCTL_CONFIG environment variable if a file is not passed explicitly. --console string The url of the Chainguard platform Console. (default "https://console.chainguard.dev") --force-color Force color output even when stdout is not a TTY. -h, --help Help for chainctl --issuer string The url of the Chainguard STS endpoint. (default "https://issuer.enforce.dev") --log-level string Set the log level (debug, info) (default "ERROR") -o, --output string Output format. One of: [csv, env, go-template, id, json, markdown, none, table, terse, tree, wide] -v, --v int Set the log verbosity level. SEE ALSO chainctl skills	- Skills registry related commands.