Checking Out and Checking In Files

The check out and check in file option is available only if your organization-level admin has enabled it. For more information on how to enable this feature, refer to Enabling Hub Configuration Settings in the M-Files Hubshare admin guide.

With this option, you can make a file available only in read-only mode for other users. You cannot check out folders.

Note: In the organization-level hub, you can only use the check out and check in option on organization-level documents.

You have two different ways to check out and check in a file:

Click the three-dots icon () and then Check out or Check in.
Click the lock icon ().


Lock symbol	Description
Open lock ()	The file is checked in and available. You can update the file or check it out.
Closed blue lock ()	The file is checked out and not available. You cannot check out or update it.
Closed green lock ()	You have checked out the file.
Closed red lock ()	Another user has checked out the file. You cannot check out or update it, but you can still open it in read-only mode.