What does "locked for Shared Use" mean, exactly?

Anonymous
2018-01-25T16:34:28+00:00

I've got a file in a SharePoint library that I'm trying to move to a new folder in the same library. But no matter how I try to move it, I get a message that "this file is locked for shared use," by me. But I didn't do anything to lock the file.

How did it get locked, and more importantly, how do I unlock it? Properties, Details, and similar have been unhelpful, and the old turn it off and turn it on again didn't work either.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-06-10T00:19:10+00:00

    I had this same issue, followed the steps, but no was already selected. I re-selected No and updated the settings and this seemed to work. Thanks for the guidance.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-02-21T10:42:51+00:00

    Make sure you're not in your OneDrive, but in SharePoint. You'll see where you are up in the left corner of the browser window.

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