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Force unlock file

dranakan
Champ on-the-rise
Champ on-the-rise
Hello,

In Share there are sometimes files locked by users and we need to edit it quickly.

How can we unlock a file (with admin account) ?

Thanks
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afaust
Legendary Innovator
Legendary Innovator
Hello,

unfortunately, there is no "Unlock" action defined by default in Share. If you need it done quickly, just use the Alfresco Explorer UI (as admin) which provides that action. If this occurs more regularily - as you indicate - then you would have to configure / implement a new action for the document library / document details views.

Regards
Axel

anujsharma
Confirmed Champ
Confirmed Champ
I have a document which is locked by its owner . I want to force unlock that document maintaining its version history.

Please suggest any solution or sureshot workaround.

Cancel editing , uploading new version,done editing i have tried but does not work.

Thanks
Anuj

muralidharand
Star Contributor
Star Contributor
Does it throws any error?
What is your alfresco version?

There is no error in the logs.(i have checked alfresco.log file)

In share: When i cancel on cancelediting it says 'could not cancel editing '

In alfresco ui : it says 'access denied - you do not have permissions '

But i am doing all this as an administrator

Alfresco version is 4.2