How to stop workflows in sharepoint UI?

Question

I am trying to stop workflows directly from the Workflow Status section in the item whose workflow I want to end, I have pressed the link to suspend it as to end it, but sharepoint does not do it, does anyone know if something has to be activated why sharepoint stop them?

Answer 1

Hi @Samuel González Pérez ,

We don't have to activate anything in order to stop a workflow. You could try to use some PowerShell commands to cancel workflows as a workaround if you can't stop it in UI.

PowerShell:

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue  
   
$web = Get-SPWeb "http://your-sharepoint-site-url"  
   
#Get the List  
$list = $web.Lists["Your-List-Name"]  
   
#Get the specific workflow, Associated with the list  
$WorkFlowToCancel = "your workflow name"  
   
# Iterate through all Items and all Workflows on Items  
foreach ($item in $list.Items)  
{  
   foreach ($wf in $item.Workflows)  
     {  
        #Check for the particular workflow  
        if( ($wf.ParentAssociation.Name -eq $WorkFlowToCancel) -and ($wf.IsCompleted -ne $true) -and($wf.StatusText -ne "Canceled"  ))  
        {  
            write-host "Previous workflow status:"  $wf.InternalState  
            #Cancel Workflow  
            [Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowManager]::CancelWorkflow($wf)       
            write-host "Workflow Cancelled at $($list.title)! "  
        }  
     }  
}  

For Reference: Cancel Workflows in SharePoint using PowerShell
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