Removing a Hold from a Box
User Functionality > Boxes > Holds > Removing a Hold from a Box

Use the following sections to learn how to remove hold codes from new and existing (at Iron Mountain) boxes.  

Removing a Hold from an Existing Box

Users with the proper permissions are able to remove one or more hold codes from a box. Once all hold codes have been removed from a box, its retention fields govern its destruction eligibility.

  1. Select Records Management | Search, Retrieve. The Search Results screen is displayed.
  2. Follow the steps outlined in Searching for Records Stored at Iron Mountain to search for and display boxes. Boxes with one or more hold codes assigned are indicated by the On Hold box icon .
  3. With your search results displayed, move your cursor over the record that you wish to remove a hold from. The record will be highlighted. You must Edit the box to remove its hold codes.

· Click the On Hold box icon . The Box Details screen opens. Click the Edit button.

· Select Edit from the Action dropdown. The Box Detail tab screen opens in edit mode.

  1. Click the Remove link that is displayed in the Hold Codes section of the screen. The Remove Hold Codes screen opens. Only hold codes currently assigned to this box display.
  2. Select one or more hold codes.
  3. Click Remove Holds. You are returned to the Box Details tab screen.
NOTE: The hold code(s) that you have selected are NOT removed until you SAVE the box.
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  2. Click Save.  The hold code(s) is removed from the box.  Once all hold codes have been removed from a box, its retention fields govern its destruction eligibility. 

Removing a Hold from a New Box

Users with the proper permissions are able to remove a hold code from a box. Once the hold code has been removed, the box’s retention fields govern its destruction eligibility.

  1. Select Records Management | Pickups, Add Records | Pickup List (Add Records). The Pickup List screen opens.
NOTE: Customers that use Iron Mountain’s Site Validation functionality select Records Management | Pickups, Add Records | Pickup List (Add Records).
       
  1. Click the Action dropdown to the right of the box and select Edit from the dropdown list. The box record opens with the Box Details screen displayed.
NOTE: New Box icons  are clickable. Use them as a shortcut to open the View Box screen instead of using the Action dropdown selections.

 

3. Click the x within the hold code field to clear the field and remove the hold code.

  1. Click Save. The hold code is removed from the box and its retention fields govern its destruction eligibility.
NOTE:  Users with the multi-item edit permission are able to remove a hold from up to 100  boxes at a time using the Multi-Item Edit functionality.

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