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    <title>topic How to unlock a locked file in Dropbox tips &amp; tricks</title>
    <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/How-to-unlock-a-locked-file/m-p/478223#M2493</link>
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;File locking is a handy little feature available to Dropbox &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;A class="attrlink" href="https://www.dropbox.com/business" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" data-target-href="https://www.dropbox.com/business"&gt;&lt;U&gt;Business&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; and &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;A class="attrlink" href="https://www.dropbox.com/pro" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" data-target-href="https://www.dropbox.com/pro"&gt;&lt;U&gt;Professional&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; users that prevents a file from being edited. This means you can create a single source of truth document, prevent duplication or unauthorized edits.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="247281791325912297907311"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;So what does locking a file mean?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Well, once a file is locked, anyone with access to the file can still view, comment on, and share a link to the file. Only the person who locked the file can edit and unlock the file.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Locking a file with Dropbox" style="width: 999px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/19688iCC0E0A1909ED21A8/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="7SEUnyAs.png" alt="Locking a file with Dropbox" /&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();"&gt;Locking a file with Dropbox&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="545270639946114115888369"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Ok, I need to edit the file, how do I unlock it if it’s not my file?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;If you need to edit a locked file, you can request that the file be unlocked by clicking &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Ask to Unlock&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; in the window that appears when you attempt to open the file. Or, you can make a copy of the locked file—however, any changes made to the copy will not be reflected in the original file once it’s unlocked.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="165534898799354064999739"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;How do I unlock it if it is my file?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
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&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Right-click the file you’d like to lock or unlock in the Dropbox App, or if you’re using Dropbox.com, hover over the name of the file and click&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-quot"&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-quot"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;…&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-quot"&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-lparen"&gt;(ellipsis)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; on the right&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Click &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Lock Editing&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; or &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Unlock Editing&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
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    <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2020 17:19:34 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2020-12-10T17:19:34Z</dc:date>
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      <title>How to unlock a locked file</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/How-to-unlock-a-locked-file/m-p/478223#M2493</link>
      <description>&lt;DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;File locking is a handy little feature available to Dropbox &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;A class="attrlink" href="https://www.dropbox.com/business" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" data-target-href="https://www.dropbox.com/business"&gt;&lt;U&gt;Business&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; and &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;A class="attrlink" href="https://www.dropbox.com/pro" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" data-target-href="https://www.dropbox.com/pro"&gt;&lt;U&gt;Professional&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; users that prevents a file from being edited. This means you can create a single source of truth document, prevent duplication or unauthorized edits.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="247281791325912297907311"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;So what does locking a file mean?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Well, once a file is locked, anyone with access to the file can still view, comment on, and share a link to the file. Only the person who locked the file can edit and unlock the file.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Locking a file with Dropbox" style="width: 999px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/19688iCC0E0A1909ED21A8/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="7SEUnyAs.png" alt="Locking a file with Dropbox" /&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();"&gt;Locking a file with Dropbox&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="545270639946114115888369"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Ok, I need to edit the file, how do I unlock it if it’s not my file?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;If you need to edit a locked file, you can request that the file be unlocked by clicking &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Ask to Unlock&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; in the window that appears when you attempt to open the file. Or, you can make a copy of the locked file—however, any changes made to the copy will not be reflected in the original file once it’s unlocked.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="165534898799354064999739"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;How do I unlock it if it is my file?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
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&lt;OL class="listtype-number listindent1 list-number1" start="1"&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Right-click the file you’d like to lock or unlock in the Dropbox App, or if you’re using Dropbox.com, hover over the name of the file and click&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-quot"&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-quot"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;…&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-quot"&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-lparen"&gt;(ellipsis)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; on the right&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Click &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Lock Editing&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; or &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Unlock Editing&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2020 17:19:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/How-to-unlock-a-locked-file/m-p/478223#M2493</guid>
      <dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-12-10T17:19:34Z</dc:date>
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