| title | driveItem: lockOrUnlockRecord |
|---|---|
| description | Lock or unlock a retention label on a driveItem that classifies content as records. |
| author | kyracatwork |
| ms.localizationpriority | medium |
| ms.subservice | onedrive |
| doc_type | apiPageType |
| ms.date | 11/06/2025 |
Namespace: microsoft.graph
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Lock or unlock a retention label on a driveItem that classifies content as records.
For information about retention labels from an administrator's perspective, see Use retention labels to manage the lifecycle of documents stored in SharePoint.
For more information about how you can lock and unlock retention labels, see Use record versioning to update records stored in SharePoint or OneDrive.
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Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.
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PATCH /drives/{drive-id}/items/{item-id}/retentionLabel| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization. |
| Content-Type | application/json. Required. |
In the request body, provide a JSON object with the following parameter.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| retentionSettings | retentionLabelSettings | The retention settings enforced on the item. |
If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and an updated itemRetentionLabel object in the response body.
The following example shows a request.
PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/drives/b!t18F8ybsHUq1z3LTz8xvZqP8zaSWjkFNhsME-Fepo75dTf9vQKfeRblBZjoSQrd7/items/01NKDM7HMOJTVYMDOSXFDK2QJDXCDI3WUK/retentionLabel
Content-Type: application/json
{
"retentionSettings": {
"isRecordLocked": true
}
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The following example shows the response.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
{
"name": "Retention label for Contracts",
"retentionSettings": {
"behaviorDuringRetentionPeriod": "retain",
"isDeleteAllowed": false,
"isRecordLocked": true,
"isMetadataUpdateAllowed": false,
"isContentUpdateAllowed": false,
"isLabelUpdateAllowed": false
},
"isLabelAppliedExplicitly": false,
"labelAppliedDateTime": "2022-12-22T10:18:23.6580555+00:00",
"labelAppliedBy": {
"user": {
"id": "56d171c8-a92e-4359-9c4a-38b88ac7eabd",
"displayName": "Contoso Admin"
}
}
}