Microsoft Teams Excel Sheet Locked For Editing

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I saw this in Word live collaboration only last week but it also occurs in Excel. It appears to happen when saving the file and the users Upload Center is having authentication issues.

Resolution method 1

Open the worksheet you want certain users to edit cells range, and click Review Allow Users to Edit Ranges. See screenshot: 2. In the Allow Users to Edit Ranges dialog, click New button. See screenshot: 3. Then a New Range dialog pops out, and type the name for the range can be edited in the Title text box, and select the range by click the. In my company we have an excel workbook that is shared between 6-7 people. They used to be able to see who had it open because the file would say locked for editing by 'insert user name', but now it just says 'another user'.

  1. Get all users who collaborate on the file to close it, both in Excel and Excel Online.
  2. On each machine they use, launch the Upload Center and check that none of them are showing pending or failed uploads, specifically for that file.
  3. Attempt to resolve the issue in the Upload Center or discard the file in the queue.
  4. Do not attempt to reopen the file Excel and Excel Online for 30 minutes. This should allow SharePoint to release the lock.
  5. Test again.

To restrict editing to a sheet in Excel, use these steps: Open the Excel document. On the right side, click the Protect Workbook menu. Select the Protect current. Mikemason4 Jul 9, 2012 at 9:20 AM. Open Computer Management. Connect to the file server with the action menu connect to another computer. Expand system tools shared files then select open files. Look for the locked file and right click on it and select 'Close Open File'. 2 found this helpful.

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Resolution method 2

Microsoft Teams Excel Sheet Locked For Editing
  1. Determine which user account is reporting as having the file locked.
  2. Ask them to launch Excel and open the file then close it.
  3. Test again.

Resolution method 3

  1. Determine which user account is reporting as having the file locked.
  2. Ask them to launch Excel and click on File > Info > Manage Workbook.
  3. Click on “Check out”, then immediately go back and click on “Check in”.
  4. Test again.

Teams File Locked For Editing

Resolution method 4

Teams Excel Locked For Editing

  1. Determine which user account is reporting as having the file locked.
  2. In control panel, delete stored credentials for Office 365.
  3. Log back in to the Office Apps.
  4. Test again.
Microsoft Teams Excel Sheet Locked For Editing

You should see who is locking the file if other users keep trying to open/save it in Excel. Sometimes you just see the read only message but that can vary from user to user.

Microsoft Teams Excel File Locked For Editing

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/SharePoint/Cannot-Release-Lock-on-SharePoint-Online-File/td-p/59694
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/32121466-file-locking-bug-in-sharepoint-frequently-get-fi
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/SharePoint/quot-Error-The-file-is-locked-quot-when-using-Office-Online/td-p/227866
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/unlock-a-file-that-has-been-locked-for-editing-bdda0d41-1b8e-44ed-a6ae-6d095d37c22d
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2144925-sharepoint-file-locked-for-edit