Amazon Echo keeps re-learning the routines I told it to forget

[JDRoberts]

It may seem like a step backwards, but you could also tell Echo not to use routines and then set up a virtual switch for any routine that you do want to run by voice. You can set up a second automation that turns the virtual switch off again automatically after one minute anytime it is turned on, and then it will be ready for the next time you want to use it.

[DEPRECATED] 2015 Voice Assistant Run Routine FAQ--see 2017 FAQ instead

On October 1, 2016, Amazon added the ability to turn on a " routine" from Alexa. If you want to use that method, see the official support article. https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/articles/210204906-Amazon-Alexa-SmartThings-Routines Note that the official method will not allow you to use echo to run any routine that includes a lock or a Smart Home Monitor armed state change or another device class that Alexa does not know. The method described below in this FAQ will, but it does require that you create a virtual switch. Although at present echo can only request that smartthings turn devices on, off or dim, by using a virtual switch, you can tell echo to turn that switch on or off, and then have all kinds of things happen in smartthings. For example, if you want to have echo tu…