Check In Documents With No Checked In Version Using PowerShell

In this blog, you will learn how to check in documents in a SharePoint Library, with no checked-in version using PowerShell.

When you upload a file in a SharePoint document library and the "Require checked out" setting is enabled on the document library, you will have to check in the document at least once to make it available for others. Checking in these documents manually would require a lot of time.

 

Here is a PowerShell script which can help you to check in all the documents all at once. The code is self-explanatory.

Add-PSSnapin *sh*
$WebUrl = Read-Host "Enter the URL of the SharePoint site"
$Library = Read-Host "Enter display name of the document library"
$UserDisplayName = Read-Host "Enter display name of the user"


$Web = Get-SPWeb $WebUrl
$List = $web.Lists[$Library]
$CheckedOutFiles = $list.CheckedOutFiles

ForEach($File in $CheckedOutFiles )
{

If($File.CheckedOutBy.DisplayName -eq $UserDisplayName )
{
    $File.LeafName
    $File.TakeOverCheckOut()
        #Check in
        $List.GetItemById($File.ListItemId).File.Checkin("Checked in by Administrator")
   }
}

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