A credit card will only open a spring bolt the kind of lock that comes with a standard doorknob.
How to pick a house door lock with a credit card.
Put the credit card in the slit just between the door and the jam try to get it in there as far as you possibly can.
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Insert the card into the gap between the doorknob and door frame and then slide it down next to the doorknob.
Begin just above the door handle and slide the card downwards and in.
Once the corner is in straighten the card so that it is perpendicular to the door and the entire edge of the card is between the door and the strike plate.
Push it in as far as it will go at a ninety degree angle to the door.
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It won t work on a deadbolt.
Take the card and slide it into the gap between the door and the doorjamb.
You can push on the door itself with the force of your body to reveal a piece of the door jam.
At an angle slide the edge of your card between the door and the strike plate.
Use the card to pick the lock.
How to pick a lock with a credit card.
Laminated cards work best because they tend to be flexible.
You may have to wiggle it a bit but if you are lucky the card will press against the latch assembly and allow you to open the door.
Slide the card into the vertical crack between the door and frame.
Slide the card into the gap between the door and the jamb.
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Keep sliding it in until it touches the barrel of the lock.
While you slide the card in jiggle the handle so that it goes down a little as you keep putting pressure against the barrel with the card.