How To Pick A Door Lock With Paper Clips

You will hear the pins clicking.

How to pick a door lock with paper clips.

Insert it into the gap in the door below the latch. Then you just insert your loop piece the one on the bottom left of the above photo about a fourth 1 4 of the way inside the key part of your lock and put a bit of tension on it with your fingertip. You get started by making your 2 simple tools from a couple of spare paperclips. Then just slide the paper clip up until the latch is lifted free from the hook called the keeper.

First make sure you have a door lock that has a pinhole on the outside. They should look something like this. Some locksmiths also put a tiny upward bend into the tip of the pick. Now take your paperclip and open it up so it s straight and flat.

You just need to turn two paper clips into those two very same tools and then pick the lock with them like you d normally do. Start by unfolding end of the paper clip. With privacy locks you just need to get the paper clip in deep enough to touch the pressure plate inside and the door can be opened by twisting the knob. In this video i show you how to pick a lock with 2 paperclips it s pretty easy you just got to keep trying.

Once you ve done this stick your paperclip into the pinhole and wait until you feel a small hole on the inside of the lock and twist the paperclip. You will be inserting the straight part into the lock to use as a pick. Unfold the first paperclip into the lock pick. You will know when you have picked the lock when the hooked clip turns easily.

Simple latches such as swing latches are also easy to open with a paper clip. To push all the pins up lift the straightened paper clip up and rake it towards you. Picking a lock with a paper clip.