How to open locked IKEA cabinet 

Thank you! I spent loads of time trying all the other options...none worked and I was beginning to think I'd have to break the whole cabinet apart. This worked in less than a minute. So grateful.

Thank you Thank you Thank you!!! I just tried your suggestion and was so pleased when it worked. The staff at Ikea sold this cabinet to me saying the combination lock was broken. Now I can use it! So very grateful for you sharing your experience. Thanks again!!!

This worked for me and actually took only a few seconds. Thank you. My cabinet had been locked for months.

THANK YOU!!! I tried all the other methods out there before getting super frustrated and almost giving up. I'm so thankful to have found your video.

Thank you! The freak out was real. I tried the knife, business card and leverage. None of those methods worked. This however worked perfectly. Kudos!

Like many others, I tried a couple other methods that didn't work for me. This one was definitely the best. It took me a couple tries, but in the end it took under 5 minutes. Thank you for this!!

This worked on the first shot and it was easy, thank you! None of the other "solutions" worked at all.

Out of all the videos unwatched,this was the one that worked! Thank you

Excellent!!! Tried before the knife and other stuff and had no luck. This trick works perfectly well, Thanks a lot!

I tried all the other methods and this one WORKED after trying for 2 days!! Thank you!

OMG! So easy! thank you! Just saved your video since this was the third time my little one locked it! and your video worked in literally 10 seconds!

Brilliant! Thanks so much for sharing this. I had tried and failed with the other options too.

Thank you SO much! I tried the other methods and they weren't working. Yours didn't work for me at first either, but I made myself intentionally slow down and carefully follow your instructions and I felt the lock pop. I'm in! 😃

It worked! I'm so happy. Nothing else was working. Thank you!

You are the best! Al the other things didn't work for me but this was perfect. Thank you so much!

This took two seconds, actually worked thank you!

Worked so well!! Thank you so much 🙏🏻

It really worked! Press the slide down really hard! Thanks so much.

OMG! It worked. Tried all other techniques and none worked for me. THANK YOU!

Thank you so much! I got it opened in less than 3 minutes! 🤗

This worked! Thank you so much for the help!

It worked for me! I used a plier to push the small arrow because my fingers were getting numb. Thank you so much.

This just worked instantly for me!! Thank you

Like others, this worked for me in less than a minute. So thank you very much!

Great, thanks for sharing, worked perfectly!

Thanks, this worked a treat for the burglar who came in while i was at work.

My fingers are bloody but this, indeed, finally worked. THANK YOU!!

This video came down from the heavens. Thank you!

It works!! Thank you so much!!!

BINGO !! So easy and quick, thanks for sharing Giancarlo...a lot of time saved for everyone !!

Thanks so much. Worked first time.

Thank you so much. My VR was stuck in there and I was worried. But this worked

Wow. That totally worked. Thanks!

I accidentally locked my dad’s cabinet and this got me to unlock it. Thank you! Your a life saver.

It works THANK YOU FOR SHARING!!!

This worked for me; thank you!

Worked for me too! Thank you! I'm wondering what the hell happens to those locks. I set my code, closed the lock, shuffled the numbers, tried to reopen with the RIGHT code and it didn't work. WTF?!

Thanks. I tried the knife and the putting pressure on handle tips before this one neither worked. This worked for me. Thanks so much for posting this up. Now to stop my child locking it again! Will try some tape over the combination.

Huge thank you I tried the other ways and I couldn’t do it, but your way it was the easiest. Muchas gracias trate las otras maneras q encontré, la tuya fue la más fácil y efectiva, 1000gracias y que la vida le tripliqué bendiciones

Worked for me, thanks!

Life saver!! My mum thanks u so much!!!

Thanks so much. "Not me" and "Not Me Too" said they didn't play with it, but this proved they did lol

6 months mine has been locked and this fixed it!!!

It worked thank you!

Brilliant!! thank you so much!!

This worked, thanks.

Tried the others. This one worked!!

this works... i tried it! perfekt tutorial!!!

Thank you so so much it work

Awesome, you the MANNN!

Thank you, it's worked, I'm happy,

That is the solution! Don't look any further! Thank you very much for this video!

It worked! but I noticed it was hard to do this with one hand so I took a flat small screw driver and pushed the side button all the way it can go and then turned the number dials one by one with other hand and it worked.

Hero of the day!

Thx so much👍👍

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

Doesnt work for me

thank you. it works. 🥳👍

It worked! Grazie Mille Fratello

From the dates of the videos and the comments, it seems like this method may work best for newer Galants. I tried this method and some of the other methods which were posted in the last 2-3 years, and they didn't work for me (my drawer is from 2014ish). In the end, the knife method worked best for me. But this seems to have worked for people who acquired their drawers more recently! My guess is that this method works best for Galants bought around 2017 or later.

So I couldn't' get it open with any of the videos but I pulled really hard and it opened. The lock still won't move though so wondering if any suggestions with changing the code, once I have the drawer open.

Worked for me when the other methods didn't and much easier too

Thanks so much

Yes! The knife method didn’t work for me but this one yes💪🏼 Only had to sacrifice some part of a nail😁

It worked!

Thank you!

This worked! Tried the knife method which the Ikea team told me to do but it didn’t work there is no space between numbers. Thanks.

This didn't work for me because the numbers didn't have any different feel from each other when I turned the dial. BUT I eventually got it open almost by accident. I set it back to 000 and pulled on the drawer at the same time I turned the lock, and it released! Voila! Drawer opened. I think the lock is just a wonky design. My handyman can fix ANYTHING with a problem, and he couldn't get it to even set when he assembled it! Got a question: Does anyone know if the lock is also supposed to lock the file drawer, or only the small drawer for pens, etc.?

Tried this and didnt work for me sadly

Only one that worked for me. Knife and pressure video did not work. Thank you !

THANKS

🙏🙏🙏

This worked for me 2024

Did not work. Neither method, by touch and feel. Tried it for some 4 hours. BUT !! ... putting my ear next to the lock, at the same time trying to turn it open, I could hear a distinctive click at each dial. Stethoscope and ski-mask optional :) .

This didn't work for me.... I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong..

Somehow got the lock to turn without ever setting a combo. So no all my numbers spin freely and I cant open it. I will be destroying this filing cabinet to get inside I'm assuming this trick only works if you can first figure out how to actually set a combination.

this is the one, but i would recommend really trying hard to twist it, sometimes gets stuck. I tried 111 multiple times and like the 5th time i got it

Unfortunately didn’t work for me. So began the process of slowing trying each of the 1000 possible combinations until it finally opened at 899!!

hi mined turned already but the drawer still wont open

you only bloody did it!

It dont work la...for me. The side of the slide are so tight.

It didn' t work??? 🤔

Didn't work for me.

MY FINGERS ARE NUMB it doesn’t work😭

Didn’t work

Didnt work

This Is way easier

Not the best way as if your lock is subject to t&r it is difficult to sens when the number is correct. Much easier and faster is just put a knife or screwdriver between the external cover and an internal rotating part of the lock where open lock symbol is and just lift an internal part up and you can open it

Thank you so much 😊 it’s working very good with my cabinet 🗄 and millions thank again 🙏

This totally worked!! Thank you!