1. A method comprising: providing an electronic document to a device of a user of a plurality of users that have edit access to the electronic document as part of a collaborative editing of the electronic document; receiving a lock command from the device of the user to prevent edit access by other users of the plurality of users that have edit access to the electronic document; and transmitting, using a hardware processor, the lock command to devices of the other users of the plurality of users.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising releasing the lock in response to a different user attempting to edit the electronic document and a time period having expired since there has been activity by the user to the electronic document.