Object Lock object legal hold

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On this page you can find information about putting legal hold on an object.

Setting an object on legal hold requires a bucket with Object Lock enabled. Enable Object Lock.

Object Lock bucket retention period object retention period

Set legal hold

To put legal hold on an object, use:

aws s3api put-object-legal-hold --bucket <bucket_name> --key <object_name> \
    --legal-hold Status=ON

Check the legal hold status

To check whether an object has legal hold enabled:

aws s3api get-object-legal-hold --bucket <bucket_name> --key <object_name>

Disable legal hold

To disable legal hold for an object:

aws s3api put-object-legal-hold --bucket <bucket_name> --key <object_name> \
    --legal-hold Status=OFF