# Check Out a Document

Source: https://sites.veevavault.help/gr/sitevault/eisf-ebinder/checkout/

For nonsteady-state documents, you can check out a document to download the document to your computer, edit as needed, and reupload to SiteVault.

1. Navigate to and open the document, and select **Check Out** from the document’s All Actions menu. The document is downloaded to your computer and a lock icon ( ![Checked Out Icon](/gr/uploads/sitevault/images/help/checked-out-icon.png)) is displayed on the Doc Info page of the document to indicate that it’s checked out.
2. Open the downloaded document and edit as needed.
3. When finished, select **Check In** from the document’s All Actions menu, upload the document using the dialog box, then select **Check In**. [SiteVault stacks the updated document](/gr/sitevault/eisf-ebinder/version-stacking/) on the original document.

If needed, you can select **Undo Checkout** from the document’s All Actions menu to cancel the checkout without updating the document.