If you have the Admin role or your user role has the Force Undo Checkout feature privilege for the Administrator service, you can undo the checkout of an object that has been checked out by another user. You might need to undo the checkout of an object that has been checked out by another user if the user has checked out objects and goes on vacation or leaves the organization.
When you undo a checkout, the object reverts to the last version in the source control repository. The object's version history will not include a record of the checkout and undo checkout actions. If you think you might need the changed version later, make a copy of the object before you undo the checkout.
An undo action is not recursive. If you undo the checkout of a project or folder, the lock for the project or folder is released but the objects within the project or folder remain locked.
1Open the service in which the user checked out the object.
2On the Explore page, navigate to the object.
3In the row that contains the object, click Actions and select Undo Check Out.
The undo action releases the lock so that the object is available for checkout.
Note: If an object was moved or renamed after it was checked out, undoing the checkout will restore the object's name and location to its name and location before it was checked out.