Block or Unblock edit for the items on hold in SharePoint site

In this article we will be seeing how to block or unblock edit for the items on hold in SharePoint site.

Refer this article to create a hold and add or remove the hold to the item through UI.

Normally when you create a hold and add the item to a hold you could see the padlock on the items as shown in the following



If you try to edit the item you will be getting the following error



You can change the read-only property for the items on hold using "SetLockHoldItemsProperty".

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)
                {
                    //Set the setting of whether items on hold in the specified site should be locked (block edit).
                    Hold.SetLockHoldItemsProperty(site, false);
 
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Hold.SetLockHoldItemsProperty(site, false) – When you make the bool value to false you wont be seeing the padlock and you can edit the item on hold.

Using PowerShell:

$siteURL="http://serverName:1111/"
$site=Get-SPSite $siteURL
$web=$site.RootWeb
 [Microsoft.Office.RecordsManagement.Holds.Hold]::SetLockHoldItemsProperty
 ($site,$false)
$web.Dispose()
$site.Dispose()