# LAYULK Command
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## Function Description:
This command is used to unlock the layer of a selected object.
When you move the cursor over objects on locked layers, the locked icon is
displayed. You can select an object on a locked layer and unlock that layer
without specifying the name of the layer. Objects on unlocked layers can be
selected and modified.
## Command Access:
> **Icon:**
> 
> **Menu:** Format \> Layer Tools \> Layer Unlock
> **Ribbon:** Home \> Layer \> LAYULK
> **Toolbar:** Layers Ⅱ \> Layer Unlock
> **Command:** LAYULK
> **Alias:** /
## Command Prompts:
Select an object on the layer to be unlocked: