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# lockPathAccess

> Reset the unlock state of an encrypted file or directory back to locked.

```ts wrap theme={null}
static lockPathAccess(filePath: string): Promise<APIResponse<boolean>>;
```

**Parameters**

| Parameter  | Type     | Description            |
| ---------- | -------- | ---------------------- |
| `filePath` | `string` | File or directory path |

**Returns**

* [`APIResponse<boolean>`](/en/api-reference/supernote-plugin/types/api-response):
  `result === true` means the lock operation succeeded

**Description**

* Clears the unlocked record for this path in the current plugin session. If the path was previously unlocked via [`unlockPathWithPassword`](/en/api-reference/supernote-plugin/plugin-file-api/unlock-path-with-password), calling this resets it back to the locked (not unlocked) state.
* After calling this, [`getPathEncryptionStatus`](/en/api-reference/supernote-plugin/plugin-file-api/get-path-encryption-status) returns `1` for this path instead of `2`, and subsequent file-related API calls on this exact path require unlocking again via `unlockPathWithPassword` if the path is still encrypted.
* Has no effect on a path that is not encrypted.

## Example

```ts wrap theme={null}
import { PluginFileAPI } from 'sn-plugin-lib';

/**
 * Example: reset the unlock state of an encrypted file back to locked.
 */
export async function exampleLockPathAccess() {
  const filePath = '/storage/emulated/0/Note/demo.note';

  const res = await PluginFileAPI.lockPathAccess(filePath);
  if (!res.success) {
    throw new Error(res.error?.message ?? 'lockPathAccess call failed');
  }

  return res.result;
}
```