How to remove a 3M Adhesive Pad Dash-Cam or Helmet-Cam Mount 

Thanks for this - very helpful. Dental floss didn't work for me as it kept breaking so I substituted it with 40lb fishing line. Worked a treat.

Short, sweet and to the point. Greatly appreciated.

Wow, thank you so much! I had a faulty dash cam mount glued to my windshield and had no idea how to get it off. I'd never have thought of dental floss. It took a long time but finally that ugly thing is off and my windshield is clean again. Very helpful!

This video just came extremely in handy; I'm selling my car and wanted to move the dashcam to my new car, and I couldn't figure out how to get the darn sticky pad off. It was a real blast from the past seeing your old 2013 intro again!

What a clever solution! Thank you for posting it. I was at a loss for how to safely remove a mount of mine that uses this stuff but this looks very promising.

I've found it very easy to remove it. All you need is alcohol spray ! firstly, you have to peel the edge a little bit, then you just spray the alcohol right between the surfaces ! Keep peeling while spraying. The job done 💪

You sir are brilliant. I used your method to remove a peel and stick object from a door and it worked like a charm. Thanks a bunch and cheers!

Short and sweet to the point, this actually works. I could not get my mount off, using this method, took less than a minute.

My floss kept slipping of my banana fingers, so I tied a pen to each end like a garrote wire and it worked perfectly. Awesome video, you saved my phone :D

I can confirm this works. Put on some external vent screens so I could crack my car windows while it's raining. Had a bad parking job next to a tree pull one off. I was able to remove all the sticky stuff as shown in the video. Once dried (it evaporates almost immediately), I was able to apply some new 3M double sided adhesive strip (comes in different thicknesses) and it has been good as new ever since. Also wanted to point out that the 3M double sided stuff is also a good interim for sticking velcro to surfaces that are not flat/smooth. Adds a small thickness to the velcro, but you can do pretty much anything you need to with velcro and 3M double sided sticky pads/strips.

Thank you so much for this, you've gained a fan, saved me some stress, I was even able to salvage and relocate the dismounted one 2 inches to the left of the original position.

Great video - Thanks! I wish all how-to videos were this short and simple.

bless you, i spent $900 on a used drum machine that had wood panels stuck to the sides. the panels blocked me from putting on the protective lid I spent another $50 bucks on. two years later, the panels are finally off!! I used a thin shoelace wrapped around two drum sticks like the garotte technique someone mentioned below. genius, good sir.

Brilliant idea! Never would have thought of it. Worked a treat! Thank you.

Brilliant! Had just abandoned my mount and tried to forget about it. A few minutes with this method and done!

thank you so much for the tip. I mounted a gopro clip to my drone and needed to take it off. I've used a hairdryer to remove them before but i was worried about the heat on my drone. This tip helps tremendously. edit: I better watch the video a few more times to make sure I understand what you did completely. Might as well let the ads play all the way through while im at it.

You my friend are a gentleman and a scholar, worked great.

I find that Turpentine (turps) and its variations as used for cleaning paint brushes work quite well for removing any remnants of 3m tape. It takes a minute or so to work, so in stubborn cases, dab it on and leave it a minute. The longer the 3m tape is in situ, the more difficult it becomes to remove.

It worked in less than two minutes. thank you so much!! I was starting to get worried. I pick up my new car tomorrow!!

You are a star and a hero. This instruction video was just perfect, it worked so easily and I'm so grateful to you.

Thank you so very much for the brilliant suggestion dear Techmoan, much appreciated.

brilliant!!! worked 100% in less than 60 seconds.. this helped quite a bit

Excellent, concise, helpful. Thank you Techmoan.

What a life saver!!! So helpful!!! Thanks so much for sharing!!

short, simple. well done. Thanks man!

Thank you sooo much . I had to remove one today , which I thought would cost me quite a bit to professionally remove. It was over in less then 15 minutes. Blessings!!

Looked up exactly this, opened a few videos in tabs without looking at the uploader, then I was like hey I know this intro from somewhere! Had no idea you had a video on this, and I've seen most of them

Thanks for this handy info.

Oh wow, just wanted to swap my dashcam and wondered about the 3M tape! Google brings me to my favorite channel!

Thank you for this great bit of information! Keep up the good work!!

I did not expect that to work as well as it did. Thanks!

worked like a charm... This is genius!

Thank you! Worked great to remove the mount.

Thank you very much for this video. I tried before with a knife etc but I couldn't. After watching this video it took only 5 seconds for me to remove. Really very easy with dental floss.

i did this myself after viewing. i used a small diameter but tough twine that I had left after a long ago fence building project, and off it came! thanks for the video!

Works a treat - Isopropanol is non greasy and with no odour. Great tip, thank you.

Thank you very much for helping, your method worked perfect on my helmet.👍🏻

Mint flavoured floss or standard? No, seriously, due ye iz a genibus. Thanks for this.

duuuuuude, I would have never thought of that way, but it friggin worked, it actually worked. Thanks 🙏

Cheers mate, wouldn't have thought of floss, great idea!

Excellent Tip - I'll put the wife's hairdryer away now :) Always floss :)

Thanks! Exactly where I was looking for! Even a dashcam application in my case.

I absolutely love your sense of humor. (So that's your lot...)

WOW. I've had the adhesive pad and the mount from old phone holder on the middle of my windshield for what seems like forever. Will definitely try this, this evening when I get home from work....CHEERS

Saved my life just now. Thanks!

I was about to ask but you beat me to it. Thanx for the tip :-)

Thank you for this quick and easy method, bless you!!!!

Great tips, worked perfectly! Thank you!

I'm suprised that this video is so useful even in 2020.

Nice one really worked a treat thanks

Great solutions. it works for me. Thank you for this simple and easy solutions.

Great tip thanks, worked a treat for me after trying a couple other things.

Good one Matt! I use fishing line but have never thought about floss. Fishing line works well though

Thank you! Just what I was looking for! 😄 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Appreciate your effort in making your video !

easy, straight-forward and effective method

I've had great success just using a non-sharp kitchen knife. Slide in a bit and pry...gently, of course. Keep moving it in and it comes off without scratching or breaking anything. I suppose it depends on where you're doing this. For me, it's been glass and acrylic windshields on the car and motorcycle. My most recent dash cam has the clear VHB tape which sticks like crazy, yet peels off easily without leaving any residue. It's very gummy. I plan on buying a roll. 3M VHB 4910 or 4905 depending on the thickness you want. Thanks for the video post!

Handy, never thought of using dental floss. Cheers :)

I used this method using some strong cotton to remove an old Mini 0803 mount and it worked really well. One thing i would add though is that if you intend to re-use the mount on something else, be careful when sawing through the sticky pad as i damaged the plastic part of mine quite a bit. Luckily the camera was completely broken and getting thrown away anyway.

Best tip EVER! My Mini 0801 packed in (think it was faulty from the start tbh). Needed to get the mount off the screen. Dental floss and 2 minutes later the screen was perfectly clean of it and any adhesive residue. My 0801 was refunded and I now have a brand new 0803 which is absolutely fantastic. All based on the recommendation by Techmoan :)

Amazing new intro

New intro is great :) Please can you upload more kitchen/household videos they were really good!

This worked pretty dam good. Even works for those stick-on fisheye mirrors.

Thanks buddy you saved me a lot of time!

thanks for this idea, i tried to use dental floss but it broke instantly, so i found an industrial ziptie and it worked wonders. thanks very much

Life saver, thanks man! Great help.

Great tip! Bravo mate.

Thank you that worked perfect. I did both cars and used the alcohol to clean as well. The first one took longer to peel the remaining sticker off the window than to saw it off with the dental floss, so on the second car I used a scraper blade to get the remaining sticker off in seconds then clean up with alcohol. :)

3M sticky tapes are highly durable...and it ain't easy to remove them...especially dental floss...that is truly remarkable

Looks good. I'll try to see how it works. Thanks.

Nice tip @Techmoan! Thanks!

Thank you kindly, your video is greatly appreciated.

Don’t you find the Sat Mac / dash cam suction mounts fail after some time? I’m planning on using 3m double sided tape to stick to the windscreen.

Thanks man! You are a savior

Okay I'll try the dental floss which I do have. I'll have to get that cleaning solution you mentioned though

Excellent! It worked like a charm. I used the normal threads used for stitching clothes. Tripled the thread and did. Quite useful for Indians who always have threads at home :)

Thanks so much…very helpful!!

Fishing line is another alternative that works well too.

Great reviews..I dont miss any of your posts..could you possibly review radar scanners? Many learn a lot from your unbiased reviews and I hope scanners are not an ethical issue for you...

Just tried removing the sticky mount from my old DR32 dashcam (been mounted for about 2 years) and it seems to be near impossible to budge -- impressive adhesive strength. Have tried two brands of dental floss and they both broke after several attempts :( [update] Switched to Colgate floss for the 3rd attempt. Finally making some slow progress -- painstakingly sawed through 5mm worth of sticky pad in about 5 minutes before the floss broke again. I actually had to tie some keyrings to either end of the floss in order to get enough grip to saw through the sticky pad (the floss tape was killing my fingers). The sun went down so I'll have to try again later. I WILL remove this sonovabitch eventually!

thanks for helping me get a 3M sticker off my rental dishwasher!! thought i was gonna have to leave it 😂

do you have a product that you use for reattaching mounts? i've tried generic double sided indoor tape, as well as 3m acrylic attachment tape (for bodykits) and the adhesives have melted off in the summer heat

youre a life saver sir.

Great idea. Thanks for sharing!

Is this 3M adhesive withstand high temperature? for e.g in summer if we park our car directly under sunlight, does it fall off when loaded with GoPro?

Thanks I feel better about using a dash cam with adhesive backing - I just wasn't sure if the glue would perma-damage the glass

Priceless, thanks!

Thanks! I used this trick to take my NFC tags off of my metal locker at school so that they'd actually work.

Cool new intro, I like it a lot!

Thank you!!! Floss worked!!!! Got it in 30 seconds. Very much appreciate the video - I was debating getting out a hammer... :-)

Thanks, have not had to do it but now I know if I do.

Do you know how I can get the wood to slide on my art easel and seems to need lubrication. It’s pretty solid heavy wood

Many Thanks for The Tip!

Have you tried a compressed air can upside down? Could freeze the sticky stuff and it may pull off easier. It works for hot glue.

Life saver, Thank you for the tip!

Excellent vidéo. I successfully removed my laptop lock plate from my Macbookpro !

Took less than 2 minutes to remove the tape from my bike. Thanks:).

Hey Techmoan, do you know for any car manufacturer or any car model which has the car camera/dashcam as a original factory equipment? I couldn't find anything..

thanks dude its really help me get red off a crappy mountek badge which was stick on my iPhone

Hi ive got a phone mount and the original adhesive is no longer sticking. I have a replacement 3m sticker which is double sided but cannot seem to peel it correctly and ends up being a sticky mess on my dash. Any tips?

After the removal, stay you wanted to move the dash cam and mount to a new vehicle where can I get the 3M product to add back to the mount?