How to unlock a file from someone else in Team Foundation Server

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Here’s what I do in Visual Studio 2012

(Note: I have the TFS Power Tools installed so if you don’t see the described options you may need to install them. http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/b1ef7eb2-e084-4cb8-9bc7-06c3bad9148f )

If you are accessing the Source Control Explorer as a team project administrator (or at least someone with the “Undo other users’ changes” access right) you can do the following in Visual Studio 2012 to clear a lock and checkout.

  1. From the Source Control Explorer find the folder containing the locked file(s).
  2. Right-click and select Find then Find by Status…
  3. The “Find in Source Control” window appears
  4. Click the Find button
  5. A “Find in Source Control” tab should appear showing the file(s) that are checked out
  6. Right click the file you want to unlock
  7. Select Undo… from the context menu
  8. A confirmation dialog appears. Click the Yes button.
  9. The file should disappear from the “Find in Source Control” window.

The file is now unlocked.

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