How to Release a hold using PowerShell and programmatically in SharePoint 2010

In this article we will be seeing how to release a hold in SharePoint 2010 using PowerShell and C#.

In this article

• Release a hold using c#

• Release a hold using PowerShell

Release a hold using c#:

a. Open Visual Studio 2010.

b. Create a new console application.

c. Add the following references. i) Microssoft.Office.Policy.dll

ii) Microsoft.SharePoint.dll

d. Add the following namespaces. i) using Microsoft.SharePoint;

ii) using Microsoft.Office.RecordsManagement.Holds;

e. Replace the code with the following.

1. using System;

2. using System.Collections.Generic;

3. using System.Linq;

4. using System.Text;

5. using Microsoft.SharePoint;

6. using Microsoft.Office.RecordsManagement.Holds;

7. namespace Holds

8. {

9. class Program   

10. {

11. static void Main(string[] args)       

12. {          

13. using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://serverName:1111/"))           

14. {

15. using (SPWeb web = site.RootWeb)               

16. {

17. //Release a Hold

18. SPList list = web.Lists["Holds"];

19. SPListItem item = list.Items[0];

20. Hold.ReleaseHold(item, "Release the hold");               

21. }           

22. }       

23. }   

24. }

25. }

Release a hold using PowerShell:

1. $siteURL="http://serverName:1111/"

2. $site=Get-SPSite $siteURL

3. $web=$site.RootWeb

4. $list = $web.Lists["Holds"]

5. $item=$list.Items[0];

6. [Microsoft.Office.RecordsManagement.Holds.Hold]::ReleaseHold($item,"Release the Hold")

7. $web.Dispose()

8. $site.Dispose()