title | description | author | manager | ms.service | ms.subservice | ms.topic | ms.date | ms.author | ms.reviewer |
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Delete a lifecycle workflow |
Learn how to delete a lifecycle workflow. |
owinfreyATL |
femila |
entra-id-governance |
lifecycle-workflows |
how-to |
12/10/2024 |
owinfrey |
krbain |
You can remove workflows that you no longer need. Deleting these workflows helps keep your lifecycle strategy up to date.
When a workflow is deleted, it enters a soft-delete state. During this period, you can still view it in the list of deleted workflows and restore it if needed. A workflow is permanently removed 30 days after it enters a soft-delete state. If you don't want to wait 30 days for a workflow to be permanently deleted, you can manually delete it.
[!INCLUDE Microsoft Entra ID Governance license]
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Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Lifecycle Workflows Administrator.
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Browse to Identity governance > Lifecycle workflows > Workflows.
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On the Workflows page, select the workflow that you want to delete. Then select Delete.
:::image type="content" source="media/delete-lifecycle-workflow/delete-button.png" alt-text="Screenshot of a list of workflows with one selected, along with the Delete button.":::
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Confirm that you want to delete the workflow by selecting the Delete button.
:::image type="content" source="media/delete-lifecycle-workflow/delete-workflow.png" alt-text="Screenshot of confirming the deletion of a workflow.":::
After you delete workflows, you can view them on the Deleted workflows page.
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On the left pane, select Deleted workflows.
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On the Deleted workflows page, check the list of deleted workflows. Each workflow has a description, the date of deletion, and a permanent delete date. By default, the permanent delete date for a workflow is 30 days after it was originally deleted.
:::image type="content" source="media/delete-lifecycle-workflow/deleted-list.png" alt-text="Screenshot of a list of deleted workflows.":::
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To restore a deleted workflow, select it and then select Restore workflow.
To permanently delete a workflow immediately, select it and then select Delete permanently.
To delete a workflow by using an API via Microsoft Graph, see Delete a lifecycle workflow.
To view a list of deleted workflows by using an API via Microsoft Graph, see List deleted workflows.
To permanently delete a workflow by using an API via Microsoft Graph, see Permanently delete a deleted workflow.
To restore a deleted workflow by using an API via Microsoft Graph, see Restore a deleted workflow.
Note
You can't restore permanently deleted workflows.