How to remove small stripped screws | stripped laptop screws | stripped phone screw removal 

I stripped the screw cuz the damn manufacturers overtightened it

For everyone who keeps saying it rips thru the foil.... YES. Even if it pierces the foil... it's that LITTLE bit of "extra space" the foil will take up around the Star or Phillips bit.. where the screw is stripped... that is necessary for it to turn the screw. The point IS... to find something to "take up" that space where the stripped screw has lost its original form. These were genius!!

I used your latex glove method on a brand new screw to PREVENT stripping it. I'll be doing this on every screw from now on. Thanks!

I’m off to do some filming in the garage today 😉 I hope everyone has a great Sunday, please like, share and comment if you can.

I’ve tried the rubber band and foil methods but the screwdriver usually Pierces through it making it useless

I’ve never heard of a latex glove idea and after many tries with different videos this one was the one that did it thank you so much!

Holy smokes! I had a stripped tiny screw in my Ring doorbell, & your rubber band suggestion worked like a charm! I couldn't believe it.....AWESOME tip, thanks so much!

90 minutes earlier, I was going insane... now, I feel like I love you... lol... thanks man, the drilling worked like a charm. Subscriber here

Elastic band works and the foil too! Amazing tips! Was ‘driving’ me nuts.

This was usefull. I had to go to the phone story after all, but it was nice to find out that I tried all the methods suggested by you before I watched the video :)

I almost was ready to call it quits but the latex method finally worked for me! Thank you so much!

I liked the super glue trick. It effectively makes a small casting matched to both the screw driver head and the remains of the screw head. BobUK.

Hi, thanks for this video. I tried the rubber band method before but that was too thick; I learned about using nitrile gloves from this video, which worked. It was a stripped laptop case screw and I had to also use a correct sized flat (horizontal) screwdriver tip.

Your video, with the rubber glove technique, just saved my disk drive. Thank you!

DUDE!! Thank you lol, I had a customer who had like every other screw just stuck and I thought I was going to have to cancel the job! thanks man!

Brilliant. The latex glove worked like a charm! I am so thankful to be able to continue with my laptop repair.

You have some really good ideas there and especially like the left handed drill and the grabit device, brilliant combined with the magnet to collect the bits 👍

Wow. This worked well. I used the rubber band and the small stripped srews came right out. Thank you so much.👏🏼🌟👍🏼

Thank you for this video!!! I got a battery replacement for my XPS 13 and couldn't get one screw out because it was overtightened by stupid Dell. The rubber band trick worked perfectly! Your a life saver.

Yes!!! You saved me...someone had tightened WiFi card screw in laptop impossibly tight. Had used jewelry files to fix....BUT...found your video. One exercise rubber band later..darn ole screw came out in a twist!!! Thank you so much!

I've been trying to open my Nintendo switch to fix an issue with the controller connecting but one of those tiny screws stripped. I've tried so many methods but nothing worked. Finally I got it, here's how. I used a mini flat head! Not in the centre, but on the edge with a lot of pressure. I basically created a divet on the side and pushed in a circular manner. It was difficult and it scratched up the area around the screw, but luckily it's inside the side track so you don't see it. So for anyone who couldn't get any other trick to work, try etching a notch with a flat head from the side (or anywhere not centered) on the screw and rotate around instead of spinning from the center.

Thanks for the latex glove idea, I had tried rubber bands, foil, ducktape and even a slightly bigger screw driver and none of them would help lock in nearly as much as the latex glove did. I was starting to get worried that id need to buy screw grip or screw extractors, so thank you for saving me money.

The foil trick worked like a charm!!! Saved my electric spinner! Thank you so much!!!

In complete frustration was about to take a pair of pliers to the motherboard before I found your video. The glove trick worked like a charm to remove stripped hard drive screw. Thanks!!!!!

Thank You so much, you helped me remove the one last screw of my laptop that had been bathed in threadlocker😂 and I had stripped it trying to remove it .

Brilliant ideas 👍 Thanks for sharing all your ideas with us 👍 Ash🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

i know this is old, i just want to thank you for the glove and screw driver method, it saved me a lot of time and effort. kudos to you!

Thank you so much, the foil method with lots of pressure worked for me after nearly an hour of trying.

Man I was starting to freak out, but you really save me

Keep up the good work!

You are awesome fella. Really hope you’re getting a few quid outta these vids. Helped me so much. Thanks.

Thanks for the great techniques to remove the stripped screws.

Appreciate your ideas and videos. Thank you!

honestly i cannot thank you enough for the tip of the driller on the counterclockwise this tip allowed me to open a laptop that has a fucked up screen thank you :)))))))))

You just saved my life with the glove trick. thank you!

1:28 finally, i can use that rubber thing that dad have in his wallet

you just stopped my day from being an angry pissed off one, many thanks man

The rubber band worked for me, you are a lifesaver

Thank you for making this video. This has been very helpful!

Nice trick with the aluminum foil on those tiny screws. The foil is thin enough that it easily conforms to the internal shape of the screw head, making removal a snap. Better than my idea to put a dab of epoxy in the screw slot or hex, placing the screwdriver/Allen wrench in that and somehow supporting it for a few hours/overnight until the epoxy hardens, then try backing it out. That might work in an extreme case, but your solution is the way to go. It's quick, doesn't mess up any small tools and allows you to keep working. Thanks.

Thank you so much bro. I would literally kiss you if you were in front of me rn. The rubber part actually did it for me lmao. I thought that it might not work since in my country the rubber is not that flat and is actually very thin. Since i was trying to get it out of my laptop, im trying to be as delicate as possible. My last option would be to drill cause im frustrated af. But after trying for the fifth time, the screw became loose. Thanks man, you literally saved my arse. Subscribed. Thanks again.❤️❤️❤️❤️

DUDE, the foil trick did it on a very stripped, tiny T5 torx screw, thanks so much!

Thank you. You are really solving my problems. Thanks again

Fantastic stuff. I’ve extremely rusty screws on a guitar whose previous owner didn’t appreciate the quality of the instrument. Bought it for 1000¥ (Japan) and was told it could easily fetch 40,000¥ if repaired. I’ll have get cracking on your suggestions!!

Fantastic tips. Nice one that will help a great deal..

Good video. Some neat little tricks there. Thanks 😀

The head of a T5 screw in my pocket knife was stripped. After seeing that part in this video, I was on my way to the kitchen to grab some aluminum foil; my phone in one hand and a package of Pop-Tarts that I was eating in the other. Then it hit me: the foil on the Pop-Tarts! It EFFING WORKED!

Could you put a link for those "left hand drill bits. ....chaz ... Thanks 👏👍 Always clear and great tips

Aluminium foil worked perfectly for me, thank you so much for the video, I thought my laptop is gonna damaged forever!

OMG, thank you! The nitrile glove worked perfectly!!!

So many great tricks of the trade there mate. Thanks.

Awesome. My Gameboy Advance screws are brittle as heck, and have been quite badly stripped. This just saved my motherboard :)

Thanks dude it helped a lot! Had stripped Switch Lite Y-wing screws. Getting a 1.6 mm(1/16") drill bit and going in reverse popped them right out.

Damn, the tin foil method worked for me (just when I tought everything was lost :D ) Thanks, man!

I used the magnet trick, and it worked instantly. Thank you!

And that's when I realised I was tightening the screw instead of removing it 😭

Foil trick worked amazing for my Nintendo switch!

After 1hr of trying everything, the rubber glove worked! Thank you sir!!

Can we just give this guy props for doing a kinda og vud that works for most and some others people just reposting the same "use rubber band rubber band"

Great video ! Fiddly job indeed but could save us throwing things out thinking they are unrepairable.

I normally just use a standard flat blade screw driver. I have a good selection of small screwdrivers and I find one that fits tight in the screw. Obviously this will not work if the screw has been perfectly rounded but I have not found a screw I can't take out yet. Thanks for the tips mate always handy.

Sir. You are my hero, I got a new Digital bathroom scale and at the back of the scales was a box with the battery, and a screw in the lid, this very small screw was very tight, all evening I try to remove that screw, with a rubber band, I them went to RU-vid, your show was the first in the list, so I try the Latex on the tip of the screw driver , that did not work , I then try the foil, and like magic the screw came out, so a very big thanks to you, my bathroom scales is working, thank you very much, keep up the good work.

I'm half convinced the rubber band method is a thing of legend when it comes to tiny phone screws. I've dealt with many stripped phone screws, rubber band trick never worked once. I could see it working on bigger screws though. I had luck with nail clippers to grip on a tiny interior iphone screw before, but that trick only works on the rare phone screw that you can grip the outside of, most are in somewhat of a recess, making the grip impossible. Trying the glue trick on a Pixel 2 stripped screw right now. It's a very tiny, light (cheap) screwdriver, so the glue is holding it up by itself. I'm gonna give it an hour or two before I give it a try and fail miserably.

mine was extremely tighten so I ended up drilling it with a dremel

I’m glad I searched RU-vid for this. I now have the motivation to finish getting this tiny stripped screw out of this recessed hole. Lol thanks for adding techniques to my toolbox!

Awesome, the rubber band method worked wonders! Thank you so much

Paper napkin worked for me. I used the same screw driver bit as the head. Hope that helps! :)

Excellent video as usual! Can you recommend a left hand drill bit set? Thanks.

The foil trick worked in the end - I thought I'd never get it out! Thanks!

Great vid; very useful techniques. Thank you.

I couldn't even believe it when the foil worked for a M2x3mm completely stripped laptop screw. Thanks for this trick! (nothing else worked)

Tin foil worked for me :0). Thank You!!

Thanks for this! Dell overtightened their heatsink screws in my XPS and I stripped two of them trying to get to the CPU to repaste it... Will get replacement screws and attempt some of the things you've mentioned here. I am terrified of the dremel though :D Hopefully other methods work

These are quite useful tips, thank you!

More brilliant ideas, well done Sir!

The foil worked like a charm thanks bro

Fantastically useful video. It should stop a lot of cursing and bad language!.

So many ideas so helpful. Thank you.

Bro, amazing! Thanks for doing the hard part for me.

What do you do if the screw is stripped, and the place where it is screwed in is stripped, and on top of that, you only have an old hobby screw driver, that is striped.

6:18 DO NOT USE TIN FOIL! I ended up pushing it into the hole and was unable to get it out. Only made things worse

Thank you for the tutorial! Works great!

Great video as always 👍🤓👍

Me:watching him undo the phone case with a phone in it. WHAT IF HE MISSES?

I didn't know you can get left handed drill bits.

I appreciate the clean, white backdrop! Thanks!

Thanks for the tips. I have a Ryobi battery with torx security bit screws that are not coming out. Not my first Ryobi tear down. Have done 6-10. But I got in a hurry. So anyway, I am going to try a couple of the simple tips before drilling out the screw. Thanks again and all the best!

I’m trying the superglue trick right now on a Nintendo 3DS. 🤞

You can also rub your magnet on your driver to magnetise it but it doesn't last that long

Thanks to all these methods, the screw in my joycon is now 3 x mores stripped then i was before

I am trying to remove a pocket watch case screw and you provided me with plenty of ideas

When none of these work, then what would you recommend?

I wasn't watching the part at the end and I started hearing that zapping sound and thought I ruined something on my circuit board for a sec

This helped wonders. Thank you so much.

YOU have given some good tips thanks

can u please help me find a tool!!! my pro controller screw is stripped so bad ! ive tried the rubber band trick the glue trick nothing works! the screw are very very tiny i think the screw driver i had used was 2mm, pls help me i have no idea what im doing :'(

I wanted to custom paint my keyboard, but one of 20 screws won't unscrew and it got worn due to excessive trying, damn I had to cancel my plan. It also ruined one of my good screwdrivers. Do companies really need to screw that tight when they are already using 20 screws -_-

Thank you soooooo much for this video! I will give these methods a try as I have a stripped screw on a digital caliper.

These videos are always very informative

No one wants the latex glove.