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#.

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Release a hold using c#
Release a hold using PowerShell

Release a hold using c#:

Open Visual Studio 2010.
Create a new console application.
Add the following references.
Add the following namespaces.
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)
{
//Release a Hold
SPList list = web.Lists["Holds"];
SPListItem item = list.Items[0];
Hold.ReleaseHold(item, "Release the hold");
}
}
}
}
}

Release a hold using PowerShell:

$siteURL="http://serverName:1111/"
$site=Get-SPSite $siteURL
$web=$site.RootWeb
$list = $web.Lists["Holds"]
$item=$list.Items[0];
[Microsoft.Office.RecordsManagement.Holds.Hold]::ReleaseHold($item,"Release the Hold")
$web.Dispose()
$site.Dispose()