People Skills - removal and deletion admin control

A new admin control in the People Skills settings lets administrators permanently remove their organization's People Skills data from the tenant. With this new control, organizations can delete their entire skills library along with all users confirmed, inferred, and imported skills data—giving them full control to offboard from People Skills in support of data governance and compliance needs. Once deletion is initiated, skills will no longer appear on user profile cards or be used across Microsoft 365 skills-based experiences such as Copilot and Viva. The control is admin-only with no automatic changes.

Roadmap ID:565905

Details:

What changed: Administrators can now permanently remove the entire People Skills library and all associated user skills data from their tenant. Previously, there was no direct option to delete this data. Once deleted, skills no longer appear on user profiles or in Microsoft 365 experiences like Copilot and Viva. This control is admin-only and requires manual initiation.

Why: Providing a deletion control supports data governance and compliance by allowing organizations to fully offboard from People Skills and manage sensitive data responsibly.

Try this:

1. Open the Microsoft 365 admin center and navigate to People Skills settings.
2. Select the option to delete the organization's People Skills data.
3. Confirm the deletion to permanently remove all skills data from the tenant.

Why this matters: This control ensures organizations can comply with data policies by fully removing sensitive skills data when needed.

Business impact: Organizations gain full control over People Skills data lifecycle, supporting compliance and data privacy requirements.

Personal impact: Admins reduce risk by securely deleting skills data, ensuring user profiles and skills-based features reflect current organizational policies.