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Unable to Delete file - File is locked for shared use by me

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Posted on 4 Dec 2020 09:11:47 by Community Power Pla...

Hi,

I have created a flow to read excel file from the Sharepoint site and push records into SQL Database, and after insertion, I want to delete the existing file from the SharePoint location. but getting error as "File is locked for shared use by me".

Attaching screenshots for the same. can anyone please help to load excel data via some other methods or resolve this error?

Thanks,

Mayank

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AndresNoguera 47 on 03 Apr 2023 at 22:21:01

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Re: Unable to Delete file - File is locked for shared use by me

Hi William, What is the condition inside of Try and Catch?
55552 669 on 17 Mar 2022 at 12:03:21

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Re: Unable to Delete file - File is locked for shared use by me

Good idea. I tried this, but I can't even check out the file, because it is locked for sharing (by me).
Community Power Pla... on 04 Feb 2022 at 20:24:55

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Re: Unable to Delete file - File is locked for shared use by me

I know this question was already marked as resolved. However, I will like to share something that works for me when dealing with the same error.
I used Sharepoint functions "Check out" and "Check In" to mark the file as "Available". Therefore, you are able to delete it immediately. An example of the flow created.
Hope it is helpful.
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Sutherland on 06 Dec 2020 at 09:13:52

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Re: Unable to Delete file - File is locked for shared use by me

Hello Gumgih,

From the error message, it seems that file is locked for shared use so you couldn't run the flow to delete file.

Firstly, would you go to the Sharepoint site to check whether you have full permission for file deletion which should be the main cause. They you could directly access Sharepoint site for file deletion operation to check whether it would work.
Please raise an escalation if issue persists while you have confirmed full permission granted and file could be manually deleted from SP end.