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
    2020-07-30T23:06:19+00:00

    I was able to solve this same problem quickly this way:

       1.  Open document

       2.  Click Share button in top right corner

       3.  Click Copy Link icon that appears at bottom of pop-up window

    I was then able to move/delete the file no problem.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-08-08T19:19:30+00:00

    I was finally able to rename my document that I owned and I never locked by going to SharePoint and editing it there. I could not rename in OneDrive or Teams.

    Hope this helps at least one person.

    :)

    Eric

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