Specific details will vary for different door handles.
How to force a door handle.
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Large double door wrap for deadbolt lever the best way to handle this is to install some sort of a door wrap.
If the doorknob has a slit on the outside handle a butter knife should do the trick.
The objective of a door wrap is to create more surface area to distribute the force over.
Push the spring as far as possible with the tool with one hand while pulling the doorknob off with your other hand.
Begingroup with a round doorknob you rely on friction vs.
Most of the time all you need to do is jab a paperclip in the hole and push on the locking mechanism.
The handle doorknob you rely on a force at a distance.
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.
You should feel some resistance similar to a spring being depressed.
Endgroup john alexiou jun 4 13 at 12 29 begingroup in principle this kind of question is good for learning to ballpark figures but the problem is devloping into argument and repetition.
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It s called a wrap because it wraps around the edge of the door.