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mikedag
Explorer | Level 3
6 years ago

Re: Try the File locking Dropbox feature.

Appreciate your response  I do see locked files tab in my admin , but no option for the users in the web browser  on how they can select a file for "locking" ty again  this is an important tool for us , i think badge helps to alert us for MS products but this seems good(better solution if we really need to have 1 user in a file at a time) for those and other files ?

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  • Fiona's avatar
    Fiona
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    6 years ago

    Have the members try the following steps:

    1. Sign in to dropbox.com.
    2. Click Files in the left column.
    3. Click … (ellipsis) next to the file name.
    4. Click Lock Editing or Unlock Editing.

    If they don't have the option to lock, it seems like the feature has not rolled out to your team yet. But as mentioned, it will show up soon. 

    I understand how important this is. This feature is a real problem solver! :nerd:

    I hope you have it already! 

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