Delete Skills

Remove multiple skills from the authenticated job seeker profile

DELETE /api/v1/job-seekers/me/skills

Delete Skills

cURL

curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api.example.com/api/v1/job-seekers/me/skills

import requests

url = "https://api.example.com/api/v1/job-seekers/me/skills"

response = requests.delete(url)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'DELETE'};

fetch('https://api.example.com/api/v1/job-seekers/me/skills', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.example.com/api/v1/job-seekers/me/skills",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.example.com/api/v1/job-seekers/me/skills"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.example.com/api/v1/job-seekers/me/skills")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.example.com/api/v1/job-seekers/me/skills")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

Endpoint

DELETE /api/v1/job-seekers/me/skills

Base URL: http://localhost:3000/api/v1

This endpoint requires authentication and Job Seeker role.

Authentication

Include the access token in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN

Description

Remove multiple skills from the authenticated job seeker profile by sending an array of skill IDs.

Request Body

{
  "ids": ["skillId1", "skillId2"]
}

Response

Success Response (200 OK)

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "deletedCount": 2
  },
  "message": "Success",
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2026-04-23T20:00:00.000Z",
    "path": "/job-seekers/me/skills",
    "method": "DELETE"
  }
}

Error Responses

401 Unauthorized

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "message": "Unauthorized",
    "statusCode": 401,
    "timestamp": "2026-04-23T20:00:00.000Z",
    "path": "/job-seekers/me/skills",
    "method": "DELETE",
    "details": "Unauthorized"
  }
}

403 Forbidden

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "message": "Forbidden resource",
    "statusCode": 403,
    "timestamp": "2026-04-23T20:00:00.000Z",
    "path": "/job-seekers/me/skills",
    "method": "DELETE",
    "details": "Forbidden"
  }
}

404 Not Found - Skill Not in Profile

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "message": "Skill not found in your profile",
    "statusCode": 404,
    "timestamp": "2026-04-23T20:00:00.000Z",
    "path": "/job-seekers/me/skills",
    "method": "DELETE",
    "details": "Not Found"
  }
}

Notes

This only removes the skill association from your profile, not the skill itself from the platform.