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Unlocking the Site Collection
- Open Central Administration.
- Click on ‘Application Management’
- Click on ‘Configure quotas and locks’
- Navigate to the locked site collection.
- Unlock the Site Collection.
- Click on OK.
You can undo, redo, or repeat many actions Microsoft Lists, SharePoint, and Teams. You can undo changes, even after you have saved, and then save again, as long as you are within the undo limits (By default Microsoft saves the last 100 undoable actions).
Can you make a SharePoint site read only?
Steps to make SharePoint site read-only. Go to Central Admin > Application Management > Configure quotas and locks. Select the site collection which should be read-only and select the “Read-Only” radio button. Click OK.
How to unlock a locked site in SharePoint?
On the Site Collection Quotas and Locks page, in the Site Lock Information section, select one of the following options: Not locked to unlock the site collection and make it available to users. Adding content prevented to prevent users from adding new content to the site collection. Updates and deletions are still allowed.
A read-only lock can be either site collection administrator controlled if the site collection is archived or farm administrator controlled Prevents users from accessing the site collection and its content. Users who attempt to access the site receive an error page that informs the user that the website declined to show the webpage.
The following table describes the locking options that are available in SharePoint Server. Unlocks the site collection and makes it available to users. Prevents users from adding new content to the site collection. Updates and deletions are still allowed. Prevents users from adding, updating, or deleting content.
How to block access to a SharePoint site?
As a global or SharePoint admin in Microsoft 365, you can block access to a site or make a site read-only by using Microsoft PowerShell to change the lock state of the site. You can’t set the lock state on the root site.