Google has announced a new feature for Google Drive that makes it easier for users to lock files. Here’s how you can do it.

Locked files may not delete from your drive, which may be caused by standard file locking or from Windows-based locked files on FAT32 drives.

Lock away your private files with a password known by you, and you alone. Folder Lock 7 ($40, five-day free trial) is a one-stop-shop for file encryption and data security. It’s impressive and ...

Users with external hard drives or other storage devices may run into problems accessing files on these devices, especially when attempting to delete files that are reported by Mac OS X to be ...

We've all been there: We start to work on a file that we think is available, only to find out that it's already opened and in use, meaning we have to wait until whatever process currently using the ...

Windows only: Determine what programs are using a locked file with freeware utility, WhoLockMe. We recently covered how to delete locked files, but let's say—rather than using a brute force ...

Microsoft Teams File is Locked for Shared use or Editing When a shared file gets locked for editing, real-time collaboration gets affected as users cannot open or comment on the file.

We've all been there: We start to work on a file that we think is available, only to find out that it's already opened and in use, meaning we have to wait until whatever process currently using the ...