How to Change the Owner Of A Power Apps App? [2 Various Ways]

When working with the Power Apps application, we are often required to change its owner if the owner has left the company. We can achieve this in many ways, like using Power Automate and PowerShell.

In this article, I will explain how to change the owner of a Power Apps app in two ways. Such as:

• Change the Owner of a Power Apps app using PowerShell
• Change the Owner of a Power Apps app using Power Automate

Change the Owner of a Power Apps Application

The owner of the Power Apps application can share the app while leaving. This ownership change doesn’t affect the users with whom it is shared. If the owner didn’t add any co-owners, the admin could add an owner in many ways, like using PowerShell or Power Automate.

We require the details below to change the Power Apps application’s owner.

• Power Apps application App ID
• Power Apps Environment ID

Change the Owner of a Power Apps Application Using PowerShell

Follow the steps below to change the Power Apps application owner using PowerShell. Now, to get the Environment ID. Open the Power Apps application.

1. Click on the Settings on the Power Apps application. -> Click on Developer resources.

2. Copy the Environment ID and paste it somewhere.

3. To copy the App ID, open the Power Apps environment, click on the app, and select the details option. You can see the App ID, copy it, and paste it somewhere.

4. To run the PowerShell code, you can use the editors like Visual Studio code and PowerShell. Run the code below

Install-Module -Name Microsoft.PowerApps.Administration.PowerShell -Force -AllowClobber

Nothing will occur if it is already installed; otherwise, you’ll see the cmdlets installed.

5. Next, run the code below. It will then ask you to authenticate the owner, as in the image below.

Add-PowerAppsAccount

6. To change the owner of the Power Apps application. Run the code below.

Set-AdminPowerAppOwner -AppName "<appId>" -EnvironmentName "<envId>" -AppOwner $Global:currentSession.userId

Now copy the App ID and Environment ID in the above code.

• -AppName = App ID
• -EnvironmentName = Environment ID

Once the code runs successfully, then the app owner changes automatically. You can check the application owner now.

The above image shows the owner having changed. Thus, we can change the Power Apps application owner with a PowerShell script.

Change the Owner of a Power Apps Application Using Power Automate

Let’s see how to change the Power Apps application owner using Power Automate. Look at the image below. Before running the flow, the application owner is “Patti Fernandez.”

Follow the steps below to change the Power Apps application owner.

1. Open the Microsoft Azure platform. On the search bar, type “Users.” Click on Users. Click on All Users on the left navigation. It displays all the users’ details.

Select any of the users you want to make an owner -> You’ll see the full details of that user ->Copy the Object ID.

As I said before, copy the Environment ID and App ID of the Power Apps application.

2. In Power Automate, create one Instant flow and add a Set App Owner action, as in the image below. Under the Parameters, add the copied values for,

• Environment ID
• PowerApp Name
• New PowerApp Owner

3. Save the flow and test it once manually. The owner has changed with the provided person in the Power Automate flow. Look at the image below.

I opened the Power Platform admin center to check the owner of the Power Apps application. You can also check the Power Apps application owner by logging in with the changed owner credentials.

This way, we can change the owner of the Power Apps application using Power Automate.

I hope you understand how to change the owner of the Power Apps application. I explain two ways to achieve this in this article: PowerShell and Power Automate. Follow this article when you’re also trying to change the application owner.

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