SharePoint 2016 : Drag and drop keeps document in Checked out state, despite no mandatory properties

Question

If user drags and drops a file in the SharePoint 2016 library, the document remained in checked out state.

We have currently set Require documents to be checked out to Yes, as we do not want users to be co-authoring.

Read articles that said removal of mandatory field - Name would keep the document in Checked-in state. Made changes t the document content type at site collection level and set it to optional. Despite no mandatory fields, the file still gets checked out when drag and dropped. Please help, urgent.

Answer 1

This is by design that file would be in checked out state when uploading the file if you set Require documents to be checked out to Yes. There is no way to change it. You have to check in the file manually after uploading.

For disabling Name -mandatory column, this only works when Require documents to be checked out is set to No.

Since you have checked the "Require documents to be checked out "option, even if the Document Library does not set the mandatory fields, the file remains checked-out when drag and dropped it.

Answer 2

I just solved this on my site by using Power Automate. It checks in the file when it is uploaded / dragged and dropped. But the users still need to check out the file to edit it.