Terminate a Workflow Manually in Sharepoint 2010

In this article we explore the steps needed to terminate a workflow manually. A SharePoint might need this step if they encountered the following:

• Task overdue email workflow for non-existing task
• Approval workflow unwanted triggers

Solution

Please use the following steps to terminate an unwanted workflow.

Step 1

Open the SharePoint site and click the Lists link, as in:

Step 2

Click on the Site Workflows link

In the page that appears click on the Site Workflows link as shown below.

Step 3

Find the Workflow

You will see "My Running Workflows" and for each workflow there is a status on the right side. Click on the "In Progress" link as highlighted below:

Step 4

Terminate the Workflow

On receiving the following page click on the "Terminate this workflow now" link:

Confirm the Workflow termination prompt.

Step 5

Conclusion

This concludes our steps in terminating an unwanted workflow. You can use the same steps for MOSS 2007 and SharePoint 2010 as well.

Note: If you are an Administrator you can Terminate the workflows of other users as well.

References

http://tinyurl.com/sp2010-wf-trm

Summary

In this article we have seen how to terminate a running workflow. This article content could be shared with the user as well if they face the same problem.