The file is currently checked out or locked. I need to delete this file and I cant. please help!

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I am the administrator of the Group/Folder/& file that I'm referring to here.  I'm organizing some documents and moving them to subfolders.  There is one document that I cannot move or delete.  I get this error message:  The file is currently checked out or locked for editing by another user.  The other user shows as me but I am not editing this document.  How do I release the lock?  

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What worked for me when I encountered a locked file was to go to Manage Access and click Stop Sharing.
Then I could delete the file.