Flow to delete emails still keeps running

(0) Share

Report

Posted on by frixel

969

Hello Power Automate users.

I have created a Flow to delete emails from a certain folder in Outlook after 24 hours.

It seems to work but the runs remain running when the mail is deleted.

I don't think this is desirable, right?
Do I have to adjust something in the flow so that the run stops when the mail is deleted that is in it for 24 hours?

14-9-2022 07-54-47.png

14-9-2022 07-54-17.png

Categories:

Building flows

I have the same question (0)

All responses (22)

Answers (1)

Sundeep_Malik 6,484 on at

Like (1)

Report

Hey @frixel
From the screenshot that you have provided it looks fine as they will stop after 24hours. But definitely in other runs they might not be stopping. Not sure why its happening like that.
But if you are getting the desired results, then you can go to settings and set a timeout so that it times out and stops.

I hope this helps.

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
fchopo 8,003 Moderator on at

Like (1)

Report
Hi @frixel

There are number of possible causes to slow running flows:

Check on Office 365 Outlook connector throttling limits: Office 365 Outlook - Connectors | Microsoft Docs as you can make up to 300 requests every 60 seconds per connection (and not per workflow).

Your flow is exceeding the data consumption allowance per day. This is the amount of data your flow consumes as a result of the input/output operations.

Your flow is executing an excessive number of actions per day, far in excess of the daily action limits for your plan.

Hope it helps!

Ferran

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
Srini007 3,327 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

Like (1)

Report

@frixel
Is it that you have to trigger the flow when the email and wait for 24 hours and delete that mail?
OR you want to delete the mails from the folder which are older than 24 hours?

Let me know

Thanks,
Srini

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
frixel 969 on at

Like (0)

Report

@Srini007
I want to delete the mails from the folder which are older than 24 hours.
But also for new mails if they there more than 24 hours they must be delete.

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
frixel 969 on at

Like (0)

Report

@Sundeep_Malik
I can`t find a timeout in the settings from the flow. Where can i find that?

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
Verified answer

Sundeep_Malik 6,484 on at

Like (1)

Report

Hey @frixel
Just click on 3 dots on the right side of action.
Then click on settings.
Then there is the timeout option.
You can set it to P1M, for 1 minute or according to your choice.

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
fchopo 8,003 Moderator on at

Like (1)

Report

Hi @frixel

If you want to delete emails older than 24h you should do something like this:

1) Every day, at 1am (for instance)

2) Get the emails older than 24h -> ReceveidDateTime lt addDays(utcNow(),-1)

3) For each email -> Delete it

The only problem is that Get Emails only get 25 last emails... So you could ´count number of emails an run that inside an iterator.

Hope that helps!

Ferran

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
frixel 969 on at

Like (0)

Report

@fchopo
I made your suggested flow but it don`t delete the mail from yesterday 14:10 hour (Now it is Wednesday 14:20 hour)

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
Sundeep_Malik 6,484 on at

Like (1)

Report

@frixel
Not sure, but it could be because of the UTC time. The mail you received was at 14:26 your time and currently the utc time is like 12:25.

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
frixel 969 on at

Like (0)

Report

@Sundeep_Malik @fchopo
Still now 2 hours later and the mail from yesterday are not deleting.
The UTC time can i change that to the dutch timen?

Was this reply helpful? Yes No