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"'Colloportus!' gasped Hermione and the door sealed itself with an odd squelching noise."
Hermione Granger[src]

The Locking Spell[2] (Colloportus) was a charm that locked doors, making it so that they could not be opened manually.[1] This charm was featured in The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1[2] and its counter-charm was the Unlocking Charm (Alohomora).

History[]

ColloportusHM

This charm was used to lock mechanisms

During the 1987–1988 school year at at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Professor Filius Flitwick taught his fourth-years how to cast this particular charm in Charms class.[3]

Effects[]

The Locking Spell would shut and lock a door, preventing manual entry. The door could be unlocked with the use of a key or unlocking spell.

Known uses[]

" Colloportus!" shouted Harry, and he heard three bodies slam into the other side."
— Harry using the charm against Death Eaters in the Department of Mysteries[src]
Caster(s) Date Notes
Talbott Winger 1986–1987 school year Cast it on the Artefact Room door so his morning dew kept inside would remain undisturbed.[4]
Hermione Granger[1] 18 June 1996 Members of the Dumbledore's Army used this spell in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries.[1]
Harry Potter[1]
Luna Lovegood[1]
Neville Longbottom[1]
Severus Snape July 1996 Snape used this spell nonverbally to close and lock the unusually small door behind his bookshelf in order to prevent Peter Pettigrew overhearing his conversation with Narcissa Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange in 1996.[5]
2020 (alternate reality) In the alternate reality created by Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy, Severus Snape used this spell to lock the door to his classroom.[6]
Rufus Scrimgeour Summer 1996 He nonverbally used this charm to lock the door to the Muggle Prime Minister's office, for in order for him and Cornelius Fudge to have a conversation with the Prime Minister in private.[7]
Delphini 1981 (alternate reality) Cast this spell wandlessly while duelling Harry Potter to lock the doors of St Jerome's Church.[8]

Possible uses[]

Caster(s) Date Notes
Albus Dumbledore 1994 May have used this spell to magically lock the door to the Hospital Wing after Harry and Hermione returned from rescuing Sirius Black.[9]

Known practitioners[]

Etymology[]

Colloportus is composed of the prefix "collo—" deriving from Latin colligo meaning to bind together or possibly Greek κολλάω, κολλώ (collo) which means "to glue, stick" and Latin portus meaning door.

Behind the scenes[]

"It appears to be some sort of locking charm."
— Harry Potter on the spell used on the doors[src]

Appearances[]

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Notes and references[]

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 35 (Beyond the Veil)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pottermore - The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, Chapter 16 (The Forest Vault) - Charms Lesson "Colloportus"
  4. 4.0 4.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 3, Side Quest "Become an Animagus!"
  5. 5.0 5.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) - Chapter 4 (Snape's Visitors)
  6. 6.0 6.1 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Act Three, Scene Five
  7. 7.0 7.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 1 (The Other Minister)
  8. 8.0 8.1 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Act Four, Scene Eleven
  9. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 22 (Owl Post Again)
  10. Harry Potter: Magic Awakened
  11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 25 (The Egg and the Eye)
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Charms included in the series: Dancing Feet Spell (Tarantallegra) · Disarming Charm (Expelliarmus) · Engorgement Charm (Engorgio) · Fire-Making Spell (Incendio) · Freezing Charm (Immobulus) · General Counter-Spell (Finite Incantatem) · Levitation Charm (Wingardium Leviosa) · Locking Spell (Colloportus) · Memory Charm (Obliviate) · Mending Charm (Reparo) · Nonverbal spell · Severing Charm (Diffindo) · Skurge Charm (Skurge) · Softening Charm (Spongify) · Substantive Charm · Summoning Charm (Accio) · Tickling Charm (Rictusempra) · Unlocking Charm (Alohomora) · Wand-Lighting Charm (Lumos)
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