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# Legal Hold

Solar Archive's Legal Hold feature can be accessed through the Spaces interface. This interface enables users to gather any number of entries and request a legal hold with ease. In this section of the knowledge hub, we will provide an overview of how to request and administrate legal holds from both a user and Data Guardian account perspective.

### What is a Legal Hold?

Legal Hold is a function that allows users to request that a set of entries within the archive be locked in a state that ignores retention periods and delete requests. The entries will remain in this locked state until the Data Guardian removes the hold.

### Why use Legal Hold?

Legal Holds are typically used in situations where the entries are required as evidence or are part of a legal case. However, it can also be used for non-legal activities such as locking important contracts or documents that need to be preserved.