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[RESOLVED] Unlocking locked grouped items breaks groupings


Robert Johnson
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Scenario:

  1. I group two stickies together
  2. I group two more stickies together, resulting two groups of two stickies
  3. I locked all four stickies at once
  4. When I unlock the group of two groups of two stickies, the two groupings are lost, i.e., all four stickies can be moved independently.

I have a support ticket open for this and will report back.

Best answer by Robert Johnson

As per the support team, this is expected behaviour based on an architectural limitation.

The explanation:

When you lock a group in Miro, it creates a new group that is locked. Widgets themselves do not support locking; only groups do. Therefore, when you lock existing groups, a new group is created that overwrites the original groups and becomes locked. Once the lock is disabled, the new group unlocks, but the original groups are no longer present.

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Robert Johnson
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  • March 11, 2025

Update #1:

Thanks for reaching out to the Miro Support team. 
 
I understand that you noticed an issue with unlocking groups of grouped widgets, and I'm here to help!
 
I was able to reproduce the issue you reported and have shared it with our engineering team for further investigation.


I'll keep you updated as soon as I hear back from them!


Robert Johnson
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  • August 16, 2025

As per the support team, this is expected behaviour based on an architectural limitation.

The explanation:

When you lock a group in Miro, it creates a new group that is locked. Widgets themselves do not support locking; only groups do. Therefore, when you lock existing groups, a new group is created that overwrites the original groups and becomes locked. Once the lock is disabled, the new group unlocks, but the original groups are no longer present.