unable to edit sharepoint page

Roger Roger 4,956 Reputation points
2020-09-24T15:06:09.067+00:00

Hi Experts

For a unified group sharepoint site, none of the user is able to edit the page as it is giving message user1 is editing this page. user1 is no more the member of this unified group, neither siteadmin, siteowner or groupadmin. user1 does not exits its disabled account in AD. When other users try to discard user1 's changes, it says it will revert everything back to some previous date. experts guide me onthis

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  1. JoyZ 18,046 Reputation points
    2020-09-25T06:16:18.74+00:00

    Hi @Roger Roger ,

    Please go to the "Site Pages" library and "check in" the page edited by another user as the site owner:

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  1. John Naguib 1 Reputation point MVP
    2020-09-24T15:24:01.9+00:00

    take backup of the page and then discard the change

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  2. Tina Yi 86 Reputation points MVP
    2020-12-22T09:03:45.793+00:00

    Hi

    The page is locked due to user1 was checked out the page when editing. Please backup the page, and use admin to check in/discard check out the page, then other person should be able to edit. Hope the info can be of some help.

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  3. Vinay Veeravelly [C] 1 Reputation point
    2022-10-26T18:07:54.043+00:00

    If the ex employee left the office 3 months ago, if we discard then last 3 months data will be lost?

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