How to delete/publish a workflow version which is checked out - Support and Troubleshooting

How to delete/publish a workflow version which is checked out Issue  How to delete/publish a workflow version which is checked out by another user. This will resolve issues where you cannot checkout a workflow. And also revert to a previous version (this will only work if the workflow is checked out). Cause You cannot checkout a workflow because it's currently checked out by another user.

Resolution Follow the steps below to force checkout a workflow version: 1. Go to the [wf_workflow] table. 2. Once there search for the desired workflow, open the parent record 3. In the "workflow versions" related list, select the one that is checked out by a user. You can see which version is checked out by seeing the columns "checked out" and "checked out by." Open the record. 4. Once inside the record click on show workflow in the related links. 5. Once there click on the three line or hamburger icon and here the option to force checkout will be seen. (NOTE: This option only exists on versions which are checked out by a user) 6. Clicking on the force checkout will now check out the workflow version for the current user. Upon which the user can decide to delete or publish this version. Related Links please note that workflow's name could change, if that is the case when the [wf_workflow_verion] would contain the new name, and the previous versions would contain the old name. [wf_workflow] record would contain the new name.