To protect and unprotect cells in a Word table, do the following: Create the table and enter the labels or values you want to. Please do note that when you freeze a document with the Google Drive Lock API, even Google Scripts and Google Workspace add-ons are blocked from editing the file. The solution's a bit convoluted and works best with a simple document. If you would like to remove the file lock and allow editing, open Google Drive, right click the same file and choose “Unlock file” from the menu to restore the editing behavior. Accept the permissions and your file will restricted from editing by anyone including yourself.

Go to the Run menu, choose Run function > makeFileReadyOnly.

Replace the FILE URL in line #2 with the URL of the Drive file that you copied in the previous step.Ĥ. Click the Share Link menu and copy the file link to the clipboard. Open Google Drive and right-click any file that you wish to make a read-only file. Google Drive doesn’t have a simple button (yet) for locking files so here’s a little Google Script that can help you make any file in your Google Drive read-only.ġ. When you lock a file, no one (including the owner) can make edits to the file, the file title cannot be changed and also lose the option of commenting inside files.

Google Drive now has a new Locking API to help developers easily add content restrictions on documents, spreadsheets, presentations, PDF and any other file in Google Drive. How to Prevent Document Edits in Google Drive You can always remove external collaborators from your documents to prevent them from editing your files but how do you prevent yourself (the owner) from accidentally editing your own files in Google Drive? If you choose to share a file with other people, you can decide whether others have read-only access to your files or if they are allowed to edit and comment on your files. The files in your Google Drive are private by default and only the owner has initial permissions to view, edit or delete their files. All the removing then click Protect -> Restrict Editing. Published in: Google Apps Script - Google Drive How to Unprotect Word Document 2016 without Knowing Password.

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