How to remove from a hold using PowerShell and programmatically in SharePoint 2010

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

Refer http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/anavijai/5103/ to create a hold and add or remove the hold to the item through UI.

In this article

• Remove from a hold using c#
• Remove from a hold using PowerShell

Remove from a hold using c#

• Open Visual Studio 2010.
• Create a new console application.
• Add the following references.

1) Microsoft.Office.Policy.dill
2) Microsoft.SharePoint.dill

• Add the following namespaces.

1) using Microsoft.Sharepont;
2) using Microsoft.Office.RecordsManagement.Holds;

• Replace the code with the following.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.Office.RecordsManagement.Holds;
namespace Holds
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://serverName:1111/"))
{
using (SPWeb web = site.RootWeb)
{
//Removes the specified item from the specified hold

SPList list = web.Lists["Shared Documents"];
SPListItem item = list.Items[0];
SPList listHolds = web.Lists["Holds"];
SPListItem itemHold = listHolds.Items[1];
Hold.RemoveHold(item, itemHold, "Hold removed");

//Removes the specified items from the specified hold.
SPListItemCollection items = list.Items;
Hold.RemoveHold(items, itemHold, "Hold Removed from all the items");
}
}
}
}
}

Removes the specified item from the specified hold:

Removes the specified items from the specified hold:

Remove from a hold using PowerShell

Removes the specified item from the specified hold:

$siteURL="http://serverName:1111/"
$site=Get-SPSite $siteURL
$web=$site.RootWeb
$list = $web.Lists["Shared Documents"];
$item = $list.Items[0];
$listHOlds = $web.Lists["Holds"]
$itemHold=$listHOlds.Items[0];
[Microsoft.Office.RecordsManagement.Holds.Hold]::RemoveHold($item,$itemHold,"Hold removed")
$web.Dispose()
$site.Dispose()

Removes the specified item from the specified hold:

$siteURL="http://serverName:1111/"
$site=Get-SPSite $siteURL
$web=$site.RootWeb
$list = $web.Lists["Shared Documents"];
$items = $list.Items;
$listHOlds = $web.Lists["Holds"]
$itemHold=$listHOlds.Items[0];
[Microsoft.Office.RecordsManagement.Holds.Hold]::RemoveHold($items,$itemHold,"Hold removed from all the items")
$web.Dispose()
$site.Dispose()