---
title: "put-object-legal-hold"
slug: "put-object-legal-hold"
updated: 2026-10-08T05:00:24Z
published: 2026-10-08T05:00:24Z
canonical: "cli.ncloud-docs.com/put-object-legal-hold"
---

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# put-object-legal-hold

Available in Classic and VPC

Set or remove a legal hold on an Ncloud Storage object. Objects under a legal hold cannot be deleted or changed regardless of their retention period.

              Note

              

For a Sub Account user to execute this command, they must have the Change/PutObjectLegalHold action permission.

## Syntax

The `put-object-legal-hold` syntax is as follows:

```
aws s3api put-object-legal-hold \
    --bucket <bucket> \
    --key <key> \
    --legal-hold <legal-hold> \
    [--version-id <version-id>] \
    [--content-md5 <content-md5>] \
    [--checksum-algorithm <checksum-algorithm>] \
    --endpoint-url <endpoint-url>
```

## Options

This section describes the options available when running `put-object-legal-hold`.

### Required options

The following options are required for `put-object-legal-hold`.

| Options | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--bucket` | String | Required | Bucket name |
| `--key` | String | Required | Object name |
| `--legal-hold` | String | Required | Legal hold settings - Enter in JSON format. - `Status`: Whether to apply the legal hold. - `ON` \| `OFF` |

### Optional options

These are the optional options for `put-object-legal-hold`. Options that are not specified will use their default values.

| Options | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--version-id` | String | Optional | Object version ID |
| `--content-md5` | String | Optional | Base64-encoded 128-bit MD5 hash of the request data - Used to validate the integrity of the request data - Calculated automatically if not entered |
| `--checksum-algorithm` | String | Optional | Checksum algorithm used to validate the request data - `CRC32` \| `CRC32C` \| `SHA1` \| `SHA256` \| `CRC64NVME` |

### Common options

For information about the options common to all `aws` subcommands, see [Ncloud Storage options](/docs/en/storage-ncloudstorage#%EC%98%B5%EC%85%98).

## Examples

If the request to set legal retention is successful, the settings are applied, and no result is displayed.

### Command

The command example is as follows:

```
aws s3api put-object-legal-hold --bucket my-locked-bucket \
    --key locked.txt \
    --legal-hold Status=ON \
    --endpoint-url=https://kr.ncloudstorage.com
```

## Related commands

Related commands are as follows:

- [put-object-lock-configuration](/docs/en/put-object-lock-configuration)
- [get-object-lock-configuration](/docs/en/get-object-lock-configuration)
- [put-object-retention](/docs/en/put-object-retention)
- [get-object-retention](/docs/en/get-object-retention)
- [get-object-legal-hold](/docs/en/get-object-legal-hold)