Cancel a checkout

After you have checked out a document, you may decide you do not want to update it. In that case, you can cancel the checkout.

You must have Author or higher access rights to cancel a checkout.

To cancel a checkout

  1. Locate the checked out document you want to cancel by doing one of the following:

  1. Select the checked out document.

  2. Click on the Checkout List toolbar or FWS toolbar.

  3. Click Yes to confirm that you want to cancel the checkout and the document is restored in the library.

    Note

    If the checked out document is not in your local file system, you can still cancel the checkout.