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The Power Automate mobile app for iOS and Android is deprecated; the app is pulled from the stores and stops getting updates, support, and push notifications
left 31 Aug 2026
Quick answers
- Is it true that Microsoft deprecates the Power Automate mobile app?
- Yes — and the date has already passed (31 Aug 2026). Effective 31 August 2026, Microsoft deprecates the Power Automate mobile app for iOS and Android.
- When did it take effect?
- 31 Aug 2026 (already passed). Verified against the vendor's own announcement.
- What should I use instead?
- Microsoft points each use case to an existing replacement.
What this means for you
Effective 31 August 2026, Microsoft deprecates the Power Automate mobile app for iOS and Android. After that date the app is removed from the Apple App Store and Google Play, stops receiving updates and support, no longer receives push notifications (the "Send me a mobile notification" action stops delivering to the app), and the iOS/Android home-screen "run a flow" widget stops working. The important limit: your automation itself is fine — all existing cloud flows keep running, nothing is modified or disabled, the notification action still exists in the flow designer, and Approvals functionality is unaffected. What breaks is the on-phone experience — anyone who runs button flows, checks flow runs, responds to approvals, or relies on mobile push from the dedicated app has to move to another surface.
Where to go
Microsoft points each use case to an existing replacement. Approvals move to the Approvals app in Microsoft Teams (IT admins should confirm it is not blocked by Teams app-permission policies). Viewing and managing flows, and running instant/button flows, move to the Power Automate portal, which works in a mobile browser (button flows can also run from Power Apps mobile). For push notifications, flow makers should replace "Send me a mobile notification" actions with a "Post message in a chat or channel" (Teams) or "Send an email" action, so recipients get notified via Teams or email instead of the retired app.
- Approvals app in Microsoft Teams (for approvals)
- Power Automate portal in a mobile browser (view/manage and run flows)
- Power Apps mobile (run button flows)
- Teams "Post message" or "Send an email" flow actions (replacing mobile push notifications)
Microsoft is retiring the dedicated Power Automate mobile app. Per its Power Platform deprecations page, effective 31 August 2026 the Power Automate app for iOS and Android is deprecated: Microsoft removes it from the Apple App Store and Google Play, stops shipping updates and support, stops sending it push notifications, and disables the iOS/Android home-screen “run a flow” widget.
This is a surface being removed, not the product. All existing cloud flows continue to run normally — nothing is modified or disabled — and the “Send me a mobile notification” action still exists in the flow designer; it just stops delivering to the deprecated app. Approvals also keep working. So the calendar value here is narrow but real: if a person or a team leans on the phone app to run button flows, check run history, approve requests, or receive push alerts, that specific workflow needs a new home before the date.
Microsoft maps each use to something that already exists. Approvals move into the Approvals app in Microsoft Teams — IT admins should check it is not blocked by their Teams app-permission policies first. Viewing and managing flows, and running instant or button flows, move to the Power Automate portal, which runs in a mobile browser (button flows can also run from Power Apps mobile). For notifications, flow makers should swap Send me a mobile notification actions for a Teams Post message in a chat or channel action or a Send an email action, so recipients are alerted through Teams or email rather than the app that is going away.
There is no data loss and no forced migration of your automation here — the flows are untouched. The one action worth scheduling before 31 August is moving anyone who depends on the mobile app onto Teams, the web portal, or email, and updating any flows whose only notification path is that app’s push.
Entry changelog
- — last reviewed.
- — Entry created from Microsoft's official Power Platform deprecations page. Effective date 31 August 2026 and the replacement guidance verified verbatim against Microsoft Learn.
- — The 31 August 2026 effective date has arrived; status moved to passed. The Power Automate mobile app is deprecated — approvals move to Teams and flows to the web portal per Microsoft's guidance.
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