Remove a workflow association
Applies To: Office SharePoint Server 2007
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You add a workflow by associating it with a list, document library, or content type. You remove a workflow by disassociating it from a list, document library, or content type. Optionally, you can prevent new instances of a workflow from starting but still allow all running workflow instances to finish.
Important
You must be a member of the Farm Administrators SharePoint group to perform these procedures.
In this topic:
Remove a workflow from a list or document library
Remove a workflow from a list or library content type
Remove a workflow from a site content type
Remove a workflow from a list or document library
Open the list or library from which you want to remove a workflow.
On the Settings menu, click List Settings or Document Library Settings.
On the Customize page, in the Permissions and Management section, click Workflow settings.
On the Change Workflow Settings page, click Remove a workflow.
On the Remove Workflows page, find the workflow that you want to remove and choose from the following options:
Select No New Instances to disallow new instances of this workflow but still allow running instances to finish.
After all running workflows are finished, you can return to this page to completely remove the workflow association.
Select Remove to remove all instances of this workflow, including instances that are already running.
Click OK.
Remove a workflow from a list or library content type
Open the list or library that contains the content type from which you want to remove a workflow association.
On the Settings menu, click List Settings or Document Library Settings.
On the Settings page, in the Content Types section, click the name of the content type for which you want to remove a workflow.
Note
If the list or library is not set up to allow multiple content types, the Content Types section is not displayed. For more information about using multiple content types, see Turn on support for multiple content types in a list or library (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=120710&clcid=0x409).
On the Content Type page, in the Settings section, click Workflow settings.
On the Change Workflow Settings page, click Remove a workflow.
On the Remove Workflows page, find the workflow that you want to remove and choose from the following options:
Select No New Instances to prevent new instances of this workflow but still allow running instances to finish.
After all running workflows are finished, you can return to this page to completely remove the workflow association.
Select Remove to remove all instances of this workflow including instances that are already running.
Click OK.
Remove a workflow from a site content type
Browse to the site where you want to modify a workflow associated with a site content type.
On the home page for the site collection, on the Site Actions menu, click Site Settings.
On the Site Settings page, in the Galleries section, click Site content types.
On the Site Content Type Gallery page, in the Site Content Type column, click the content type from which you want to remove a workflow association.
On the Site Content Type page, in the Settings section, click Workflow settings.
On the Change Workflow Settings page, click Remove a workflow.
On the Remove Workflows page, find the workflow that you want to remove and choose from the following options:
Select No New Instances to prevent new instances of this workflow but still allow running instances to finish.
After all running workflows are finished, you can return to this page to completely remove the workflow association.
Select Remove to remove all instances of this workflow including instances that are already running.
Click OK.
See Also
Concepts
Cancel a workflow instance
Delete a SharePoint Designer workflow