How To Open The Door If It Is Locked Inside

It is a good idea to lean against the door while doing this which will help it to pop open.

How to open the door if it is locked inside.

To open a locked interior door with a screwdriver first push the screwdriver as far as you can into the hole on the doorknob. Quickly open the door. So the only way to get a door open when you re on the outside and it s locked from the inside is to remove the door from its hinges. If the doorknob has a slit on the outside handle a butter knife should do the trick.

If you want to go all macgyver on the locked door grab a vacuum cleaner dental floss and a piece of paper. When you insert the screwdriver in the hole where the lock is jiggle the screwdriver around until you hear the lock unlocking. Bend the card the opposite way forcing the lock to go back. If you usually carry around paperclips in your school backpack or your work bag then you re fully covered.

If the locking mechanism is a latchbolt the kind of bolt that is spring loaded and has one angled edge and the angled edge is facing away from you you can hook it with a wire hanger. Angle the card towards the frame. A lot of bathroom handles have no keyhole just a knob built into the handle you turn to lock the door when you re in the bathroom. Most of the time all you need to do is jab a paperclip in the hole and push on the locking mechanism.

Then just turn and twist until the screwdriver catches on a groove and the lock clicks open.