Automatic Trello Board Cleanup by Removing Cards with Specific Labels — n8n Workflow

Medium complexity⚡ Trigger7 nodes🏷️ Project Management👁 23 viewsby Robert Breen

Overview

Automatically clean up Trello boards by deleting any cards labeled “Mark for Deletion.”

This workflow checks all cards on your chosen Trello board, looks for the Mark for Deletion label, and removes those cards automatically — keeping your boards tidy without manual effort.

⚙️ Setup Instructions

1️⃣ Connect Trello (Developer API) Get your API key: https://trello.com/app-key
Generate a token (from the same page → Token) In n8n → Credentials → New → Trello API, paste API Key and Token, sa

Nodes used

Trello

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⚙️ Setup Instructions
1️⃣ Connect Trello (Developer API)
1. Get your API key: https://trello.com/app-key
2. Generate a token (from the same page → Token)
3. In n8n → Credenti
🗑️ Auto Trello Cleanup with Label and Delete
Automatically clean up Trello boards by deleting any ca
This workflow checks all cards on your chosen T
1️⃣ Connect Trello (Developer API)
1. Get your API key: https://trello.com/app-key
2. Generate a token (from the same page → Token)
3. In n8n → Credentials → New → Trello API, pa
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When clicking ‘Execute w…
Get Board4
Get Lists4
Get Cards4
Delete a card
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Split Labels
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Filter Marked for Delete
7 nodes6 edges

How it Works

  1. 1

    Trigger

    The workflow starts with a trigger trigger.

  2. 2

    Process

    Data flows through 7 nodes, connecting filter, manualtrigger, splitout.

  3. 3

    Output

    The workflow completes its automation and delivers the result to the configured destination.

Node Details (7)

TR

Trello

trello

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How to Import This Workflow

  1. 1Click Download JSON button on the right to save the workflow file.
  2. 2Open your n8n instance. Go to Workflows → New → Import from file.
  3. 3Select the downloaded automatic-trello-board-cleanup-by-removing-cards-with-specific-labels file and click Import.
  4. 4Set up credentials for each service node (API keys, OAuth, etc.).
  5. 5Click Test Workflow to verify everything works, then activate it.

Or paste directly in n8n → Import from JSON:

{ "name": "Automatic Trello Board Cleanup by Removing Cards with Specific Labels", "nodes": [...], ...}

Integrations

filtermanualtriggersplitouttrello

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Nodes7
Complexitymedium
Triggertrigger
Views23
CategoryProject Management

Created by

Robert Breen

Robert Breen

@rbreen

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