Unlocker Permission

ContentLock adds a single granular permission to Umbraco: ContentLock.Unlocker.

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What It Allows

Users with the Unlocker permission can:

• Unlock a node locked by another user — normally only the editor who applied the lock can unlock it. The Unlocker permission bypasses this restriction.
• Perform bulk unlocks from the dashboard — the Bulk Unlock button is only visible to users with this permission.

Without the Unlocker permission, an editor can only unlock nodes that they themselves locked.

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Default Assignment

The ContentLock.Unlocker permission is automatically added to the Administrators user group when ContentLock runs its first-time migration on install. Umbraco administrators have full unlock capabilities out of the box.

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Adding the Permission to Other Groups

To grant the Unlocker permission to another user group (e.g., a “Content Managers” group):

1. In the Umbraco backoffice, go to Settings → Users → User Groups.
2. Open the user group you want to edit.
3. Click the Permissions tab.
4. Scroll to the Content Lock section.
5. Tick the Unlocker checkbox.
6. Click Save.

All users in that group will immediately have the Unlocker permission.

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Permission Details

Property	Value
Permission key	ContentLock.Unlocker
Permission group	Content Lock
Label	Unlocker
Description	Allows the group of users to unlock a document that is locked by another user.
Auto-assigned to	Administrators user group (on first install)

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Checking the Permission Programmatically

ContentLock provides an extension method on IUser for checking this permission in C# code:

bool canUnlock = user.HasContentUnlockPermission();

This helper is defined in ContentLock.Extensions.IUserExtensions and checks for the ContentLock.Unlocker granular permission constant.