Unlock a file in your workspace

Important

You cannot unlock files locked by another user. Ask the user that locked the file to unlock it or contact your administrator.

When a file is locked, other users cannot work on it. This helps avoid more than one user editing the same file at the same time.

You can unlock files in your workspace if you decide not to make changes to them so they are available for editing by other users.

  1. In Helix Sync, click the workspace to open it.

  2. Click the My changes list or the My files list.

  3. Click the vertical ellipsis Vertical ellipsis menu icon next to the file and click Unlock file.

    4. The file is unlocked and the lock label is removed.