How do i disable Workflow in SharePoint without deleting it?

How do i disable Workflow in SharePoint without deleting it?

You can uninstall it by using the uninstall feature command from the Stsadm command-line tool, in the same way that you uninstall any SharePoint Feature. After you run this command, the workflow is no longer available from the user interface but the source files are still on the server, making it possible to later re-install the workflow. Before uninstalling a workflow, all workflow instances need to be completed or canceled and the workflow must be deactivated.

For detailed steps about how to deactivate a workflow by using the user interface, please refer to the following steps:

1.In Central Administration, click Site Actions, and click Site Settings.

2.On the Site Settings page, under Site Collection Administration, click Site collection features.

3.On the Site Collection Features page, click Activate next to the workflow feature you want to activate.

After you deactivate the workflow, you can uninstall it by using stsadm command:

1.On the drive on which SharePoint Products and Technologies is installed, change to the following directory: %COMMONPROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft shared\Web server extensions\12\Bin.

2.Type the following command, and then press ENTER:

stsadm -o uninstallfeature –filename “SignatureWorkflow\feature.xml"?–force