Take ownership of checked out files sharepoint

Microsoft SharePoint is a powerful document management platform with robust version control tools. However, a frustrating scenario can arise when you go looking for a file that you know is there, but someone checked out the document and then went off on vacation or left the organization.

As a result, SharePoint will not let you open or edit the file — and in some cases, you might not even be able to see it. Here is how to restore your access to the file you need. Being able to check files in and out in SharePoint is a great way to manage updates, avoid conflicts and enforce version control. But this feature is not enabled by default when creating a new library. To turn on document checkout, you need to change the "Require documents to be checked out before they can be edited" option in the document library's versioning settings see screenshot.

Problems can arise when someone checks out a document, does not check it back in, and then becomes unavailable perhaps going on vacation or leaving the organization and having their account disabled. When this happens, the file may not show in your document library views, leading you to think it has disappeared. In the library, you will now see the document, but it will still be in a "Checked Out" status.

Notice the little green box with the white arrow. Click the document dropdown and then select "Check In". You may need to complete any required metadata fields. Interestingly enough, as the Admin, I navigated to that page and no documents were displayed. When I go to the document itself to Edit, the system returned a message that it was checked out by my team member. I sat with the staff to do a Check Out, then Check In, and then a proper close of the document and browser. Still the system thinks the file is checked out.

There is a checkbox at the top of the page that would suggest to me I could click it to select all documents. Individual documents do not have a checkbox beside them.

So even if I check that box, it still says I can't take ownership because I haven't selected any documents. I've tried different libraries of various sizes. Some of hundreds of documents, others have less. Was this reply helpful? Remove From My Forums. Asked by:. Archived Forums. Sign in to vote. Hi guys, Here is my problem. We are working with SharePoint Foundation. The repro steps are: - Alice push a new document in a folder. We have encountered an issue" Correlation ID: 4c0ef89c-4d9bfdb4dc Any idea guys?

Tuesday, March 31, AM. Did you search that correlation ID on sharepoint logs? Hello Bruno, This is the log, without the sensitive informations server name Tuesday, March 31, PM.

Hello Bruno, This is the log, it appears there is a problem with "UserAgent not available, file operations may not be optimized.