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Soft-delete and restore HubSpot workflows in Entflow, safely

Most HubSpot portals have a graveyard of inactive and abandoned workflows that nobody wants to delete because they're not sure what might break. Entflow shows active and inactive workflows on one map, with the lines that still connect them, so you can see what might break before you delete anything in HubSpot. Take finished workflows off the map with a reversible soft-delete – HubSpot is never touched – and restore them from the Deleted tab in one click.

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  • Where the cleanup ends The three inactive workflows deleted in the steps below now sit on the Deleted tab, off the live map, one click from the Workflows tab.
  • HubSpot is untouched A delete only hides the workflow inside Entflow. In HubSpot it stays exactly as it was.
  • Restore puts it back Open any of these and press Restore: it returns to the map with the status it had.

One map for active and inactive, one tab for deleted

The Workflows tab puts every active and inactive workflow on one map, so a dependency into a paused workflow never looks like a dead end. Inactive workflows sit in their own band below the active ones, with a dashed border and a greyed header, and the filter rail counts both, so you see the shape of your portal at a glance. Here it reads "34 active, 7 inactive": this is the sample portal before the cleanup below, which deletes three of the inactive workflows in Entflow and leaves 34 active and 4 inactive. The Deleted tab, one click away, holds the workflows you've deleted in Entflow.

  • Workflows and Deleted tabs, one click apart
  • Active and inactive counts in the filter rail
  • Inactive workflows in their own band, dashed and greyed
  • Status filter narrows the map to Active or Inactive

Soft delete: archive without losing anything

Deleting a workflow in Entflow doesn't delete it from HubSpot – it marks the workflow deleted in Entflow and moves it to the Deleted tab, where its name and actions stay readable and one click restores it. That's what gives your team the confidence to clear abandoned workflows off the map. Think of it as the difference between archiving an email and emptying the trash. It changes nothing in HubSpot, either: a workflow that's switched on there keeps running. When you're certain one can go for good, you delete it in HubSpot yourself – Entflow stays out of that destructive path.

  • Deleting moves a workflow to the Deleted tab, not out of HubSpot
  • Name and actions stay readable on the Deleted tab
  • Restore in one click from the detail panel
  • Nothing changes in HubSpot unless you change it there

Audit the inactive workflow graveyard before you clean up

Before you delete a workflow that's been off for two years, check what it's still connected to – Entflow doesn't block a delete, so this is your look before you leap. Inactive workflows are parsed on every sync just like active ones, so each card still shows its actions and its dependency count, and their lines stay on the map. Set View → Lines to Only inactive and the map draws only the connections that touch a paused workflow: a card with no line and no dependency count is safe to clear, one with a line needs a look. Cleanup covers the other direction, flagging active workflows that still enroll records into a paused one.

  • Inactive workflows keep their actions and dependency counts
  • Lines → Only inactive shows what still touches them
  • Cleanup flags active workflows that enroll into paused ones
  • Decide what's genuinely dead vs. what was paused on purpose

Delete with the keyboard, restore in the panel

Select a workflow on the canvas and press Delete or Backspace to move it to the Deleted tab instantly – the same muscle memory as deleting an object in Figma or FigJam. The trash button in the detail panel, and Delete workflow in the right-click menu, do the same. To bring one back, switch to the Deleted tab, click the workflow to open its detail panel, and press Restore: it returns to the Workflows map with the status it had before. No confirmation dialog slows down every keystroke – a delete is recoverable by design.

  • Delete or Backspace deletes the selected workflow
  • Trash button in the detail panel, or right-click → Delete workflow
  • Restore button in the detail panel on the Deleted tab
  • A restored workflow gets back the status it had

Undo and redo moves and deletions

Dragged a card to the wrong place? Deleted the wrong workflow? The map keeps an undo history for your session: Ctrl+Z (Cmd+Z on a Mac) undoes the last move of any card, note or section, or the last workflow you deleted – undoing a delete restores the workflow. Ctrl+Y or Ctrl+Shift+Z redoes it. The history steps back as far as you need, so you can work fast on the canvas without committing changes as carefully as you do in HubSpot itself.

  • Ctrl+Z to undo; Ctrl+Y or Ctrl+Shift+Z to redo
  • Covers moves on the canvas and workflow deletes
  • Undoing a delete restores the workflow
  • Multi-step history for the whole session

Keep your live map focused on what's running today

A clean workflow map is easier to navigate, easier to explain to stakeholders, and easier to onboard new team members into. Active workflows are what's running. Inactive workflows are paused but possibly still relevant, parked in their band below. Deleted workflows are the ones you've decided you don't need in your day-to-day view – but can always bring back. Set View → Lines to Only active and the map draws just the connections between running workflows; everything else is one tab or one filter away.

  • Lines → Only active for the running system
  • Status filter for an inactive-only audit
  • Recoverable archive on the Deleted tab
  • Switch tabs in one click – no new sync

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