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Check in issue with Document Library
I am having an issue with files in a document library remaining checked out to the user who edited it - I have raised with MS support who so far have no resolution for this. The files in the documen...
kkbomb Thanks! But this wasn't the issue I was having - my settings were already set to Require Check Out to No. Yet my library still was checking files out when I did not want them to, nor were they doing it previously.
After MUCH testing I found the issue which appears to be a very random bug! One column have "Enforce Unique values" set to Yes. When I switched this to No, the file checking out problem disappeared.
In a SharePoint document library, you can bypass the restriction by selecting a checked out file and clicking Check In, or by setting Require Check Out to No in Version Control in the library settings.