Two Ways to remove a broken key 

but my driller and scissors are behind the door with the broken key LOL

You, Sir, are a Genius! And now, I Look like one....With your instruction, I just got a broken key out of the lock on my Apartment Garage door, which was left in the open position. Cuticle scissors......worked like a charm! Thank You!

U saved my life. U saved me money and hassle too. It worked for me with the first step . Thank u so much

Thank you so much for this video!!! My key had broke in my home door, called the locksmith. They wanted to charge me $54+ dollars to come out. couldn't afford it, so i youtube it and your video came up. I did the first one (scissors) and it came right out! YOU'RE AWESOME THANKS!!!!!!!

First method worked a treat! Thank you!

Wow ! Quite helpful! I have followed your ways and I've succeeded to remove a broken key from a padlock! I was so desperate but you have helped so much! God bless you!

thank god the scissors worked. wishing everyone else watching this video the best of luck with their broken keys lol

I see so many negative comments here. I was about to take an axe to the damn door and the scissor trick did the job. Now I have a new, working lock on the door and it cost me nothing. You, sir, are a STAR !!!!!!!!!

Sir, thank you so much for sharing this, I could not get the another half out. The Scissor worked in one try. May my Heavenly Father, bless you for this video, as he did me finding it.

Scissors worked for me. Thanks my guy. Pulled it right out.

Scissors actually worked... didn't think it would..... but finally after a long struggle scissors worked... phew😅

I tried the scissors one, and it worked! Like I don’t have to get a new lock😂 would’ve been a pain. Thank You 👏 👏

Great advice. I used nail scissors which had a delicate curved end.

Szerencsétlenkedő..... !!!! Egyszerűbb meg oldás van.

First you must break your key, Second you have been locked outside your home. Mission Failed

As far as i am concerned. Thank You for the great video and information.

Method 1: Now try it while the cilinder is still in the door and your work area is just 180 degrees aka a flat surface. Method 2: You still need to replace your cilinder. Using a 2nd key at the other side of the cilinder will push out the broken key in most cases.

Thank you, just had the key break off in my shed lock. Scissor technique opened it straight away. Thanks again

Thank you! Scissors worked. Lifesaver

Thanks! Instead of scissors I used a dental pick because scissors wouldn't fit. You just saved my company the price of a locksmith and gave me the pleasure of repairing it myself.

Thank you very much for the idea. I used a small screw driver. It worked like a charm.

Using scissors with a curved and pointed end worked. Got the broken key out in a couple of minutes. Thank you so much for the tip, saved me lots of money!

I'm not going to take the time to make a video about it, but if you take a sewing needle and break off one side of the eye, it can slide under the teeth of the key and the resulting hook will remove the key. I use a small pair of pliers to grip the needle. Obviously, size the needle to the lock.

The scissors worked like a charm!! Thank you so much for sharing this video. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Am I the only one who finds funny a DIY video with a guy, whos "not that good" at dying? :D

Just did this for my Mom. Thanks! It took about 20 seconds.

Forget scissors/drilling just use two hardened needles and tease it out works every time

neat tricks! For option 1, you could use just about anything that was pointy, and for option 2, you could in fact use the drill bit to pull it out. :)

thank you for this, used a nail clipper. i got it out less than a min.

Watching the scissors method helped me out a ton! I was able to get a key out that I was really struggling with when trying to use pliers

1. chew a gum until it loses its flavor. Then take it out of your mouth and mold it like a flat U-bed shape. Press the flat shape against the lock where broken key is showing. Now, put a string inside the U-shape and close it by folding down on both sides. Then, get an ice-cube and rub it over the gum until it is hardened. Lastly, pull the string gently to get the broken key out. 2.If that does not work, apply super glue or epoxy on the tip of the broken key and attach it to a string or something to pull the broken key out.

Thanks mate I tried the first method it worked well.

super glueing the two pieces back together works sometimes too

Thanks for the video , I used one of those micro screwdrivers and was able to remove the broken key without removing the door lock from the door. It worked a treat!

I had no luck with scissors or tweezers. My daughter suggested her cuticle trimmers. Bam. First try.

THANK YOU for making the one video that finally showed me how to successfully get a jammed key out of my file cabinet lock-with the drill!!!!

omg my key is broken ........wait there is scissors in my pocket and drill in wallet thank god

Used a really small, like for eye glass repair, flat head screwdriver. Worked great. Thanks!

Whew... This video saved my life..

Thanks for the video, at least we learned two ways of how not to do it.

i am a caretaker in a big housing complex and broken keys are a daily thing....i use a bent paper clip and a pair of pliers....works every time and is quickly done

Thank you so much. Today take out the broken key from the main door a week ago. I looked for a key maker in the area a 🍃🌸🍃 found the price at $ 40. It did not cost me to take out the key. Just a small scissors 🍃🌸🍃🍃🌸🍃🍃🌸🍃🍃🌸🍃🍃🌸🍃🍃🌸🍃🍃🌸🍃🍃🌸🍃🍃🌸🍃🍃🌸🍃🍃🌸🍃🍃🌸🍃🍃🌸🍃🍃🌸🍃🍃🌸🍃🍃🌸🍃🍃🌸🍃

OMG ! someone please buy this guy a pair of pointy nose pliers !

Thank you. Drilling was the only method I could make work. Took 30 seconds.

Speaking as a locksmith who does a of this stuff.. Ignore this video.

I have just removed the broken key from a lock very similar to this. I took it out of the door, held it with the broken key lowest and tapped the barrel gently a few hundred times. It just gradually came out due to gravity. I have to say i tried everything suggested in this vid and similar ... frustration was the only result. Just be patient, tap gently with a little hammer or similar and trust in the fact that it won't fall upwards! It will only make its way down until you can get a good grasp of it. Ah, such a relief to have it fixed.

Me as a locksmith watching this, it feels like my eyes are bleeding..............

Thank you! It worked straightaway with the scissors!!

3 ways and this is the best way. Cut a thin section of a plastic straw and super glue the 1 side. Slide it in wet side against key and let it dry. Pull and key will come out attached to strip.

This took me 10 seconds with the scissors ! Thanks

Powerful neodymium magnet solves this problem in 2 seconds

Thank you. The scissors method worked for me.

What worked for me, tiny bit of super glue on the key, stick it slowly hold for 10 secs, then gently pull it out.

Thanks for this video, big help. We use the scissor to remove the half of the key.

best to use old coping saw blade cut tip at a slight angle with snips works every time, point teeth toward you

Spent 30 years doing operations & maintenance working at a state facility. Sometimes I covered weekend shifts, any & all service calls- too hot, cold, drafty , kitchen equipment not working, toilets, loose snake outside. Usually I did the job by myself- not always. For keys broke in the door-lock- I carried a regular safety pin 0n my tool belt. I would stick the point barely in the door hinge and tweak the point- just barely is more than enough, and slide it in alongside the key, and work the key out. If I couldn't do this in less than 5 minutes, and I did do it, 9 times out of ten, then the situation was more dire than my basic skills and I would have to call in the facility Locksmith on a 4 hour overtime call out. (Usually disturbing his family weekend).

I did it with some twizers and a pin pushing the broken key from the other side, hope it helps anyone

Thank you for uploading this video. It worked like a charm, I used tweezers for a firm grip to pull the key out.

What I use is a pick tool go in slow once the pick it’s all the way in I turn it either way to 45 degree and take it out as fast as I can and the broker key comes out

THE SCISSORS WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

used a pair of scissors today(26/9/19) to remove a piece of broken key from my front door,using your technique,all I can say is thank you very much.

Nice 👍👍👍 I took a broken key out of a door thanks alot I appreciate it

thank so much for this vid Daughter just broke key in lock and I removed it just now in seconds with my nail scissors phew!

Very helpful video. Saved my a lot of $$$$! Thanks for posting!

Its awesome and very use full in critical

I used my MacGyver-knife to do the same thing, it worked like a charm! Thank you!

get a set of miniature watch screws,mini flathead screwdrivers,they will stick into the top and pick that right out !!

You made my day with this video! Thank you!! I had the broken key twisted inside and using scissors I fixed the situation 😁

thank you 🙏. you saved me from a big family problem 😂🙏

Scissors worked for us, too! Thank you so much for posting it for everyone. So kind!

So I'm aggravated because my key is broken in the door and that music just tripled my anxiety way up! I really wanted to see how you got the key out but I just couldn't handle that music

Scissors worked. Thank you!

Tip no.3: get a locksmith. Tip no.4: move house. 😸

I had pulled out a broken key that was so deep in the cylinder that I could barely see it inside of it. All I did was to take the key cylinder out just like in the video, got a hammer with a hard plastic tip, and grabbed the cylinder with the keyhole facing me; I started hitting it medium hard with the hammer. And slowly but surely the piece of broken key started to come out. What happens is that the locking pins in the cylinder holds the key in it using pressure provided by some tiny springs , but when you bit the cylinder's body with the hammer the springs give way and the broken key starts to come out. And that's the end of it. Just that simple. I wouldn't think this trick will work on all different types of locks. But I'm pretty sure it will on most of them that uses a key like the one on this video. REMEMBER TO POSITION THE CYLINDER WITH THE KEYHOLE FACING YOU AS YOU HIT IT WITH THE HAMMER. I hope this helps somebody.

in most of the cases you can use a strong magnet. eg. neodium, from an old hardrive. you're welcome.

I tried tweezers to no avail. Tried scissors after watching your video - it worked! Thank you!

just put a little tiny bit of superglue on it put it back and pull it slowly

Worked for me. A big thank you is due and earned.

I use a pick, usually a single hook!!!.. Slide it down the side, twist the pick and pull.. POP, out the broken key cameos... BOOM into the grinding machine and make your customer a new key

Just stuck two small screwdrivers either side and pulled mine out in about 2 minutes.... Tweezers were too fat to get in the sides. GL

So my front door key broke off and my scissors and drill were in the house.

How can you move the scissors backward of the lock if its build into a door ???

Simply solder piece of wire on key and pull it... without lock damage Easier and clean way

I was afraid he'd jab his finger nails with those scissors.

Place the second key on the other side, it will be faster :)

Yeah thanks the first one sounds better than the second one. Like we really going to have a drill handy if we on the outside of the house LOL thank you

put crazy glue on finger tip and touch key nub a few seconds...pull out key remnant and then type in youtube "how to get crazy glued stuff off your body parts"

A big like for the video. 👍 I just got the broken key out with the scissors method although I used two eyebrow pluckers 😄

OORRRR go to the store an buy a new damn lock! lol

I used small flat head screw driver and my thumb and it wiggled out. Husband was trying to get it out with curtain cutters?! I said move aside I’ll show you stuff, I can do stuff.. He couldn’t believe it! Thanks whoever gave me that tip.

Presumably this happened to 10 million people.

Thank you so much 🙏🏻 the scissors worked - small nail scissors 💐

Once my key broke inside the hole. I took it out with a vaccum cleaner

Thanks for sharing your video. It took me some time, but it worked. I could not believe it.

Not only are the two methods shown stupid (scissors? Any point object?); let's drill a hole in the lock (duuuh), but the person doing them is useless as well (clumsy and unskilled). If using the pointy object, you should apply pressure on the other side as well. And you NEVER drill the lock (how dumb is that). As another commenter suggested, why not just use a key extractor, or hook. So... how are these 'brilliant' solutions? Who rates these things?

Try spraying with penetrating oil and use a very strong magnet. This worked on my boat trailer lock! John Castelluccio, Jr.

Scissors worked for me, thanks man, my mom would have killed me lol

This video helped me out. I got it out by the first method by prying it out. I have to add, if the key don't come out easily then turn the lock into a different position and try that. Then it came out very easily for me

And when it's the locked door into your house and you don't have access to your tools?

...and finally, the third way, buy a new lock :D