How to Put Your Mail on Hold at The Post Office

If you are going out of town you don’t have to worry about your mail sitting in your mailbox unsafe. You can have the Post Office put a hold on it. This can be done two ways. Your can go to the Post Office and fill out a form to put your mail on hold or you can do it online.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Go to the Post Office and request a form to put your mail on hold. This is a fairly straight-forward form. Fill put the address that you need the mail held from and how long you need it held. The time range for putting your mail on hold is 3 to 30 days.

2. If you want to put your mail on hold online just go to USPS.com and click all products and services. This will take you to an alphabetical list of USPS services, scroll down to hold mail.

3. Enter your 5-digit zip code you want to hold the mail from. This takes you to the online version of the hold mail form. Fill in your name, address, and phone number. Next choose how long you want your mail on hold for. The minimum is 3 days.

Tips & Warnings

• Keep the confirmation number they give you for later reference.

Resources

• United States Postal Service