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title: "Archive and Unarchive Skills"
slug: "archive-and-unarchive-skills"
description: "Within Gladly's Routing system, learn how to archive and unarchive Skills used in People Match."
updated: 2026-05-21T17:23:25Z
published: 2026-05-21T17:23:25Z
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.gladly.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Archive and Unarchive Skills

| **REQUIRED USER ROLE** Administrator | **PERMISSION OVERVIEW** [View permissions by role](https://help.gladly.com/docs/managing-users-and-roles#roles-and-responsibilities) |
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Archive skills you are no longer using.

## Before you start

Archiving a skill will also archive all sub-skills nested under it (if any). Archived skills will still show in your report, and no data will be deleted, but Administrators will not be able to apply this skill to users, and they will not be considered in matching.

- Archiving a skill used in People Match boosts archives the boost as well.
- When unarchiving any People Match boosts, any skills referenced are also unarchived.

> [!CAUTION]
> **Child skills are also archived if the parent skill is archived**
> 
> For example, if you have skills that have the below structure:
> 
> - Lighting (parent)
>   - Pendants (child)
>   - Chandelier(child)
> 
> Deactivating *Lighting also*deactivates *Pendants* and *Chandelier.*

## Archive a skill

1. Click ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/7047b671-c4f2-4df0-bb0a-b9b511fd2452/Images/Documentation/hamburger-menu-icon(2).svg) on the top left corner of the screen.
2. Click **Settings**.
3. Under the **Orchestration** category, click **Skills**.
4. From the Skills screen, hover over the skill you want to archive, then click ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/7047b671-c4f2-4df0-bb0a-b9b511fd2452/Images/Documentation/archive-icon.svg).
5. You'll be asked to confirm your request. Click **Archive Skill** to confirm.

## Unarchive a skill

Take note of the following before you unarchive a skill:

- Unarchiving a parent skill unarchives its child skills (if any).
- Users previously assigned an archived skill automatically get reassigned the unarchived skill if it was assigned to them before the skill was archived.

1. From the Skills page, click the **Archived** tab.
2. This page displays a list of skills that were archived.
3. Hover over the skill you want to unarchive, then click ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/7047b671-c4f2-4df0-bb0a-b9b511fd2452/Images/Documentation/archive-icon.svg).
4. Click **Unarchive Skill** to confirm your request.