When someone else is editing a page

What you see

When you open a page someone else is editing, you’ll see their name, when they started, and how recently they were active.

From here you can:

• Click Go back to return to your dashboard.
• Click Request access to ask the editor for the page. See Request access to a page or take it over.

See who is editing from your dashboard

You don’t have to open a page to find out it’s in use. On My Pages and Shared With Me, a line under the page shows who is editing it and since when, for example “Dan Brown has been editing this since 14:05.”

When the page is freed

What happens	When the page is freed
The editor closes the editor	Right away
The editor’s browser stops responding (lost connection, laptop closed)	After 5 minutes
The editor accepts your request	Right away
The editor doesn’t answer your request	After 30 seconds, you can take over

Good to know

• The editor’s unpublished work is never lost when a page changes hands. See Auto-save: recover unpublished changes.