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Brass Contributor

Jan 02, 2020

Solved

Unlock a file that has been locked for editing

The file is locked by an user for editing. The SharePoint Administrator is unable to unlock the document in SharePoint Online. Is there any option to unlock using Power Shell ?

SharePoint Online

Norman Young
Jan 02, 2020
Hello Sajith G H,

See this post for more information: Cannot Release Lock on SharePoint Online File

In many cases the lock will timeout and in other cases a user may have the file locked via the "Upload Center".

I hope this helps.

Norm

Norman Young

MVP

Jan 02, 2020

Hello Sajith G H,

See this post for more information: Cannot Release Lock on SharePoint Online File

In many cases the lock will timeout and in other cases a user may have the file locked via the "Upload Center".

I hope this helps.

Norm

timothywgray
Copper Contributor
Dec 20, 2022
Norman Young So how do we decrease the timeout period? I have seen cases where locks have persisted for days.
- Jose_Nunez
  Copper Contributor
  Oct 22, 2023
  The one thing does stop working as I move from laptop to desktop (& vice versa) is the syncing of files. The quick fix is to pause syncing and resume on one or both devices.