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Afsar_Shariff
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Dec 18, 2025
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LitigationHold Delayholdapplied and Managed Folder Assistant

Hello All, I have a set of mailboxes with LitigationHoldEnabled = True, and I need to remove Litigation Hold from them. My understanding is that after I remove Litigation Hold from an Exchange Onli...
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    VasilMichev
    Dec 19, 2025

    For deletion to happen, the MFA must reprocess any item that was previously on hold. In the scenario you detail above, when this happens, the MFA will detect the removal of the hold and toggle the DelayHoldApplied flag, thus "extending" any holds that previously applied on items. In other words, you have nothing to worry about.

    You can "tickle" faster MFA processing by running Start-ManagedFolderAssistant, although that's not a guarantee.

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VasilMichev
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Dec 19, 2025

For deletion to happen, the MFA must reprocess any item that was previously on hold. In the scenario you detail above, when this happens, the MFA will detect the removal of the hold and toggle the DelayHoldApplied flag, thus "extending" any holds that previously applied on items. In other words, you have nothing to worry about.

You can "tickle" faster MFA processing by running Start-ManagedFolderAssistant, although that's not a guarantee.

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