docs/content/admin/user-management/managing-users-in-your-enterprise/placing-a-legal-hold-on-a-user-or-organization.md

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Placing a legal hold on a user or organization	You can place a legal hold on a user or organization to ensure that repositories they own cannot be permanently removed from your enterprise.	/enterprise/admin/user-management/placing-a-legal-hold-on-a-user-or-organization /admin/user-management/placing-a-legal-hold-on-a-user-or-organization	ghes ghae * *	how_to	Accounts Auditing Enterprise Organizations User account	Place a legal hold

Usually, if someone deletes a repository, it will be available on disk for 90 days and can be restored via the site admin dashboard. After 90 days the repository is purged and deleted forever. If you place a legal hold on a user or organization, repositories they own are available for restore indefinitely.

{% data reusables.enterprise_site_admin_settings.sign-in %} {% data reusables.enterprise_site_admin_settings.access-settings %} {% data reusables.enterprise_site_admin_settings.search-user-or-org %} {% data reusables.enterprise_site_admin_settings.click-user-or-org %} {% data reusables.enterprise_site_admin_settings.admin-top-tab %} {% data reusables.enterprise_site_admin_settings.admin-tab %} 5. Click Place legal hold.