# Delete or offboard an employee

_Skileo Human Resources › Employees · Who can do this: Business owner, Member_

Deleting an employee removes everything your company keeps about them, for good: it doesn't go to the Trash. When someone leaves, choose Offboard instead to keep their history.

## When someone leaves: offboard them

Click the actions button (**⋮**) at the end of the employee's line and choose “Offboard”. This starts their departure, and their page and history are kept. You find them in the list by setting “Employment status” to “Offboarded”.

## Delete an employee

Delete an employee only when you should not keep anything about them, for example someone added by mistake.

1. Open “Employees” in the menu.
2. Click the actions button (**⋮**) at the end of the employee's line and choose “Delete”.
3. Click “Yes, delete it!”

You can also delete an employee from the actions button of their page or of their edit page.

To delete several employees, tick their lines, then click “Delete” in the bar that appears above the list.

> **Good to know**
> Deleted employees don't go to the “Trash”. They can't be restored.

## What is deleted

Everything your company keeps about the employee as an employee:

- their contracts and their history,
- their teams, skills, emergency contacts and key dates,
- the ratings, comments and private notes about them.

## What stays

- The person's Skileo account. They may use it in other companies, so it is never deleted.
- Their time off, their timesheets, and the tasks and documents given to them. These stay in their own lists.


## Common questions

### Can I get a deleted employee back?

No. Add them again, or import them. See [Add an employee](https://www.skileo.com/help/en/add-an-employee).

### Can the employee still sign in after I delete them?

They keep their account, but they no longer see your company's space.

### I imported employees by mistake. How do I remove them?

Undo the import within 30 days. See [Import employees from a spreadsheet](https://www.skileo.com/help/en/import-employees-from-a-spreadsheet).

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https://www.skileo.com/help/en/delete-or-offboard-an-employee · Updated: 2026-11-06