Remove user from SharePoint group when item is deleted from list

[Sid2804]

Hi everyone,

following situation:
I have a SharePoint List with everyone involved in the project (e.g. responsible topic, department, etc.) Everybody in this list needs to have access to SharePoint libraries where the access is handled with SharePoint Groups. What I figured out so far is how to add somebody to a group when I add someone to my project participant list (create item) using HTTP request. Now I want to remove somebody from the group when I delete this person from my project participant list. I figured out the HTTP request, that’s not my problem. My problem is that I can’t retrieve the data from the deleted element I need (LoginName). With the trigger when item is created or edited I can get the data “Column name Claims”. Unfortunately I can’t get this from the Trigger when item is deleted.

Can somebody help with that?

Thanks in advance

Here a few screenshots:

When person is removed from list(my problem):

When person is added to List(working perfectly fine):

[AnthonyAmador · Accepted solution]

Hi @Sid2804 

The "When an item is deleted" trigger does not allow you to retrieve the column values of the item, if you want this feature to be added in future versions, submit your idea here. 

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A workaround for this could be add a column called "Delete", this column can be Yes/No and the first value always no, then if you would like to delete the item, you can change it to yes, get the columns values first and then remove it, you can use the "when an item is modified" trigger and a trigger condition set only for that column. 

Hope this helps. 

Kind regards. 

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[Sid2804 · Accepted solution]

Thanks @AnthonyAmador,

I did find another workaround.

In my List I do not use the "Title" column but this is the only column also available in the deleted Item. In my flow to add a user I already update the created item with data from the person added (e.g. email and department). In the same step I update the "Title" column with the data needed to remove the user from the group.

It's working perfectly fine 🙂

[AnthonyAmador]

Glad to know you found a way. 

Please mark the thread as solved to help other users find it more quickly. 

Cheers.