Change a Power Automate Flow Owner Without Breaking It

TL;DR

Make the flow solution-aware, open its details, and add a new owner — the original and new owner become co-owners so nothing breaks, connection references and run history stay intact, and no export/import is needed. For scheduled flows the new owner’s licence takes effect within about 7 days unless you edit and re-save to apply it immediately.

Original by Marcel Lehmann, on PowerPlatformTip. Read the original

This is our own summary, not a republication or full translation. Both publications are edited by Marcel Lehmann.

Governance takeaway

• Admins/CoE: replace the export/import runbook with this co-owner step during offboarding — it takes seconds and never touches connection references. Turn “does this flow have an active owner” into a field you check, not a chase you run after someone has already left.
• Makers: when you inherit a flow, you keep its full run history instead of starting trust in a fresh copy from zero.