Microsoft Teams Excel Sheet Locked For Editing

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.

Click the Protect Sheet button to Unprotect Sheet when a worksheet is protected. If prompted, enter the password to unprotect the worksheet. Select the whole worksheet by clicking the Select All button. On the Home tab, click the Format Cell Font popup launcher. You can also press Ctrl+Shift+F or Ctrl+1. 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'. Team members to create and edit files on the site. By default, team owners and members can share the site itself with people outside the team without actually adding them to the team. We recommend against this as it complicates user management and can lead to people who are not team members having access to team files without team owners. Excel: Fix “File is locked for editing/in use” Errors By Mitch Bartlett 10 Comments When working the helpdesk, I get many calls from users who say they cannot edit a Microsoft Excel file because it is locked and in use by other user. It is frustrating and annoying that you can not edit your.doc or.xlsx files in the middle of work. This problem is easy to fix. Read on and get the solutions to handle 'Word document locked for editing' and 'Microsoft excel is locked for editing'. 2 Ways to Unlock Microsoft Word Document That Is Locked for Editing.

Resolution method 1

  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.

Resolution method 2

  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.
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Resolution method 4

  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.

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.

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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

1. Open a workbook.

2. On the File tab, click Save As.

3. Click Browse.


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4. Click on the Tools button and click General Options.

5. In the Password to modify box, enter a password and click OK.

Note: If you only want to recommend users to open the Excel file as read-only, without protecting it, don't enter a password and check Read-only recommended.

6. Reenter the password and click on OK.

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Note: this feature does not encrypt your Excel file.

7. Enter a file name and click Save.

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Your workbook is read-only now.

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