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Disable co-authoring feature on specific Excel workbook
Hi, My customer is using the Excel co-authoring feature for multiple of their workbooks as stored in SharePoint Online. But it doesn't work well for all workbooks. For instance in one they make h...
Hi guys
No option to switch off co-authoring for a library or individual file as far as I know. The work around is to go to your library and click onto the cog > Library Settings > Versioning Settings > Require Check Out (Yes).
Because a user will check out the file, it will be locked to everyone else as read-only. Just make sure if someone else needs to make changes to the file that you check the file back in.
Hope that gives you something to work with?
Cheers
Damien