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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

The file is currently checkout out or locked for editing by another user while delete a folder: SharePoint 2010


Issue: The file is currently checkout out or locked for editing by another user while delete a folder.


Background: One of my client was trying to delete a folder which was empty and when deleting throws above error message.

Troubleshooting:

Checked that the folder has multiple nesting i.e. there level of nesting. 

Tried to delete the folder from root level, no success.

Tried to delete the folder from each nested folder level, no success.

Tried to upload a file on the last folder and delete the file it worked but unable to delete the folder.

Resolution: It seems to be an issue with the corrupt file check out. You always have the option to check-in back the files from the library which don’t have valid check in version. To do so:

Go to Library tools.

Library settings

Under Permissions and configuration tab – Choose to select the Manage files which have no checked in version.  

Open the page; look for the folder/file name which you are trying to delete.

Check the box against and click take the ownership of the Selection.


If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know.

I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues, thank you.

Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010, SharePoint Foundation 2010, SharePoint Server 2013

2 comments:

Whats Now said...

Some users also complaint that one of my colleague uploaded a documents and it is not visible on the document library. The owner of the documents sees that the document is visible in document library and it is checked out.

If a user upload a documents for a very first time and it is not checked in it is always visible in the section shown above in the post.

Please correct me if i am wrong somewhere.

Unknown said...

The checked out files page will only show files which have no checked in version. It is a way for a library administrator to clean up a document library. Imagine you created a new document that was only checked out to you and had no checked in version. It wouldn't show up in list views for anyone else. You have to go to that page to delete this document.

If you want to see all the checked out files in your library, you can create a new view and filter the view by “check out to” column (“check out to” column “is greater than or equal to” give a value like character A)

Hope it can help you.

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