# Which permission is needed to take over locked entry?

**URL:** https://forum.mautic.org/t/which-permission-is-needed-to-take-over-locked-entry/4298
**Category:** Product Support
**Created:** [June 21, 2016, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/which-permission-is-needed-to-take-over-locked-entry/4298 "2016-06-21T07:28:28Z")
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### Author: ![dirk\_s](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/dirk_s/32/748_2.png) [@dirk\_s](https://forum.mautic.org/u/dirk_s)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2016, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/which-permission-is-needed-to-take-over-locked-entry/4298/1 "2016-06-21T07:28:28Z")

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Is there a permission I can assign to a role, that allows to take over a locked entry? Currently only admins can do that. Thats bad, as sometimes even when user logs out of Mautic, their last edited entry remains locked.

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### Author: ![dirk\_s](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/dirk_s/32/748_2.png) [@dirk\_s](https://forum.mautic.org/u/dirk_s)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2016, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/which-permission-is-needed-to-take-over-locked-entry/4298/2 "2016-06-21T07:28:28Z")

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Is there a permission I can assign to a role, that allows to take over a locked entry? Currently only admins can do that. Thats bad, as sometimes even when user logs out of Mautic, their last edited entry remains locked.