SkieWhen Skie hides or blocks an app, is it deleted?
No. Skie hides or suspends apps instead of deleting them, so the app and its data come back when the app is allowed again. Remove Skie also deletes no apps. The only removal is by the install guard, which acts on apps installed after enrolment that are not allowed.
There is a real difference between an app being unavailable and an app being gone. Deleting loses the user's data and requires a download to restore. Hiding or suspending takes the app off the screen and out of reach and leaves everything in place.
Skie uses hiding and suspending for apps that the group's list does not allow. If an admin later allows the app, it returns with its data. That is what makes it safe to change app lists during the term, say for an exam window or a lesson, without anyone losing work.
Deletion applies in a narrow case. The install guard removes apps that were installed after enrolment and are not allowed. That is the opposite situation: something new that should not be there. Apps in the baseline snapshot from setup are never wrongly removed.
Remove Skie, the action that ends management, turns off every protection, shows every app again, restores DNS and releases ownership. It deletes no apps. That is useful when a device is handed on, because a hidden app is just visible again.
Practical tip: if a teacher asks 'can we remove this app everywhere?', the answer is to take it off the list or the organisation store. Deleting a catalog app that organisations use is blocked unless forced, so the dashboard protects you from removing something many groups rely on.