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Box Drive Simultaneous File Editing Issue was it resolved

  • May 22, 2025
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I need to know how to protect a file when 2 people have it open. We have found when 2 have it open & one closes it while the other one is still in it, it will duplicate. What do we do to prevent that from happening.

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Hi Kathy, 

Welcome to the Box Community, I'm happy to help!

This simultaneous editing of files is still not supported in Box Drive, however she have enhanced Box Drive's Lock/Unlock feature which provides users now the option to lock a file to ensure other users are not able to edit the document at the same time. 

To learn more about this, please take a look at this article: https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/360061782454-Enabling-Enhanced-Lock-Unlock-on-Box-Drive 

Thanks for participating in the forum and let us know how else we can help!

Best,