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Asked: May 10, 20262026-05-10T19:46:48+00:00 2026-05-10T19:46:48+00:00

On our TFS source control server, a lot of source files are checked out

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On our TFS source control server, a lot of source files are checked out by people, which are not employed any more.

Is there a central way where I can undo check out on all files in TFS?

I’m not even sure that they exists in Active Directory anymore.

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  1. 2026-05-10T19:46:49+00:00Added an answer on May 10, 2026 at 7:46 pm

    Best thing to do is to delete their workspace using with the command line tool (tf.exe) or the TFS Sidekicks from Attrice.

    See the following blog post I did on the topic when it happened to me, and I detailed the command line version:

    http://www.woodwardweb.com/vsts/unlocking_files.html

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