If you wish to delete multiple skills at once then you can do this via the bulk actions menu.
Go to Quick-access menu > Skills.
Click the name of the skill framework you wish to update.
Select Delete from the Bulk actions dropdown menu.

Select the Available skills you wish to delete and click Add > to transfer them to the Selected skills area (hold Ctrl on the keyboard to select multiple items).
Click Delete selected skills.
A warning message is displayed, click Yes to confirm.
The selected skill items will be deleted.

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