"Locked for Editing" by "Another User"

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After doing some research, I found this article might help.

How to Unlock a File in SharePoint Online: Fix Ghost Locks Fast

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This article provides some basic methods such as wait until ghost lock is timed out (usually 10 minutes), discard check-out to advanced methods like using PnP PowerShell (If basic methods work then you don't need to use advanced steps).

If PnP is the last option, use this one. Set-PnPFileCheckedIn | PnP PowerShell

$fileUrl = "/sites/[sitename]/Shared Documents/MyLockedFile.docx"
Set-PnPFileCheckedIn -Url $fileUrl -CheckinType MajorCheckIn -Comment "Forcibly checked in by Admin"
Write-Host "File has been checked in."

Please refer to the article above for more details.

I hope this information helps.

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