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title: Automatically hold and release seats
slug: cinema/automatically-hold-and-release-seats
createdAt: 2024-05-16T14:42:49.948Z
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For each auditorium (Scheduler > Auditoriums), you can add seats you want to hold automatically in the "Seats to hold" field, which will need to be comma-separated, and will go into effect for any future showtimes that are scheduled:

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To release seats held for a specific showtime:

- Open the showtime by going to Movies > Showtimes
- Hover over the showtime and select Edit
- Scroll down to the Administrator Actions panel where you will find the "Release Held Seats" field > Add the seats you wish to release.
- Tap Release

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