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title: removeSkillByName
slug: /reference/typescript/agents/skill-manager/remove-skill-by-name
description: Remove all skill instances matching a given name.
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Remove all skill instances matching a given skill name.

## **Parameters**

<ParamField path="skillName" type="string" required={true} toc={true}>
  The skill name to match against.
</ParamField>

## **Returns**

`Promise<number>` -- The number of skill instances removed.