Lock or unlock a proof

Last update: February 21, 2025

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You can manually lock and unlock a proof any time in the review process.

Access requirements

Expand to view access requirements for the functionality in this article.

You must have the following access to perform the steps in this article:

Adobe Workfront plan*

Current plan: Pro or Higher

or

Legacy plan: Premium

For more information about proofing access with the different plans, see Access to proofing functionality in Workfront.

Adobe Workfront license*

Current plan: Work or Plan

Legacy plan: Any (You must have proofing enabled for the user)

Proof roleOwner or Moderator
Proof Permission ProfileSupervisor or Administrator

*To find out what plan, role, or Proof Permission Profile you have, contact your Workfront or Workfront Proof administrator.

Lock a proof

You can manually lock a proof to prevent or allow commenting by reviewers. This is different from locking a proof stage.

To lock a proof:

  1. Go to the document list that contains the proof you want to open.

  2. Hover over the document, then click the Open proof link that appears.

    Or

    If you want to open a proof for an earlier version of the document, click the More icon More icon for that version in the Summary, then click Open proof.

    For information about the Summary, see Summary for documents overview.

  3. In the In the left panel, click the Lock icon Lock icon .

    Lock proof

Unlock a proof

Unlocking a proof is useful when you need reviewers to add comments to a previous version of a proof. (A previous version is always locked until the proof owner manually unlocks it.) When the reviewers have finished adding comments to the previous version, you can lock it again. For information about viewing a previous version of a proof, see View previous proof versions in the Web Proofing Viewer.

To unlock a proof:

  1. Hover over the document, then click the Open proof link that appears.

    Or

    If you want to open a proof for an earlier version of the document, click the More icon More icon for that version in the Summary, then click Open proof.

    For information about the Summary, see Summary for documents overview.

  2. In the left panel, click the Unlock icon Unlock icon , then click Yes, unlock.

    Unlock proof

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