Deactivate the workflow site feature in the site collection

If you think you may want to use the workflow again later, but you don’t want users with Design or Full Control permission to be able to associate it to a list or library, you can deactivate the workflow solution as a feature in the site collection. Deactivating the workflow site feature will terminate any running instances of the workflow and the workflow cannot be associated to a list or library.

You must be a Site Collection Administrator to perform these procedures.

Step	Action
1.	Delete the workflow’s association to all lists and libraries. See Removing a Workflow Association for details on how to do that. |
2.	In the top level site of the site collection, go to Site Actions > Site Settings.
3.	In the Site Collection Administration section, click Site collection features.
4.	Locate the workflow in the feature list and click Deactivate.
5.	Click Deactivate this feature to confirm the action.

See Also:

• Workflow Association
• Removing a Workflow Association
• Removing a Workflow
• Disabling a Workflow
• Retract and remove the workflow solution from the Web application (for Site Administrators only!)
• Changing Workflow Options