WE CAN’T DO THAT FOR YOU BECAUSE THE FILE IS NO LONGER CHECKED OUT OR HAS BEEN DELETED IN SHAREPOINT DESIGNER

SCENARIO

In SharePoint Designer, When I tried to “Check In” a file inside, I got the below error:

WE CAN’T DO THAT FOR YOU BECAUSE THE FILE IS NO LONGER CHECKED OUT OR HAS BEEN DELETED

I already have tried to

• Close Share Point Designer and restart it again,
• Close SPD then clear cache from the following folder:
  • %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WebsiteCache
  • %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Web Server Extensions\Cache

Unfortunately, the “We can’t do that for you because the file is no longer checked out or has been deleted” still persists.

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CAUSE

This problem might occur in case, the file title contains disallowed characters like “/” as shown below:

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SOLUTION

• Right-click on the affected file >  Select “Edit file in advanced mode“.

• Right-click again on the affected file > Select “properties“.

• The properties page should be shown.

• Remove URL > Change the title to an appropriate name by avoiding using the disallowed characters.

The file should be now checked in properly.

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