Unlocking IKEA drawer with a shaver's blade 

I am soon grateful for this awesome advice. I tried about 4 videos and couldn't get it to work on mine. Then I saw your use of blade and it worked! It took a few tries but really it is the thin blade that makes it work plus turning it five times. Saved me money and hassle of returning my product.

Thank you!! It took a few tries, but certainly worked better than all of the rest of the methods on RU-vid! I appreciate it!

Excellent. I had to make a circle with the numbers opposing each other to find the right ones. It worked. Thank you.

Thank you! Opa! It worked! Happy New Year!

For the people who are still struggling: Apply a lot of pressure to the reset slider (I used a screwdriver) and start turning the 3rd row (nearest to the slider) till you hear a click, then the 2nd and lastly the 1st. Worked best for me took me 15 seconds to find the combination, hope that helps!

Kids mistakenly locked our file drawer a year ago and I’ve watched and tried dozens of videos. THIS is the one that got it unlocked. 1 razor blade 2 drive the wheel with the blade. Thank you my friend, your English was perfectly wonderful and you solved my problem!

Dude, you saved my business! Best method and explanation ever!

This worked like a charm on the first try! I had tried the knife but I just couldn't get it. This was so easy! Thanks so much!

Worked beautifully, thanks for posting.

You are a genius my friend, your improvements over our friends video did the trick for me.

Its a delicate process, but with blade idea, finally felt the slight gap. Thanks!

Thanks so much for your help! It worked! A blade is definitely better than a knife. :)

Worked like a charm....many thanks!!

Thank you! This was so helpful!

Thank you! This helped me a ton and saved me $$ from buying a new one!!

I seriously can't believe I got this to work. Thank you so much!

This trick worked for me!! HOWEVER I would note that you don't have to be able to turn the dial with the blade/knife (or whatever you're using) for this to work. I spent so long trying to find a knife/tool that was both thin enough to fit between the dials, and sturdy enough to actually turn the dial. Hilariously, I actually ended up used a small makeup tester (the kind they stick inside magazines) and just turned the dials with my fingers - and it worked immediately!

This was very helpful, thank you.

Thanks amigo, I just opened my cabinet with the razor as you recommend, after 2 days of failed attempts. Your video is the best! ✔

Thank you SO MUCH fir your kindness in making this video. I tried all the ways.. but using a sharp little blade and inserting it vertically into the top on each left side of roller until it sank lower… then turning to -5 of each number. IT WORKED! 😅

Thank you for your explanation. I could not make it work with a knife either. I even tried with a box cutter blade without success. Although I didn't have an old style shaving blade like you used, I searched around the shop for a comparably thin piese of metal. It worked perfectly! Thanks again.

Zippety doo dah! The Wilkinson blade did the trick! Thank you so much!

I don't normally leave comments but i was so amazed that this was so easy! Took 2 min! 😁 Thank you!

Thank you so much!!! It worked, If you are having a problem just listen to the man carefully and you will understand after a couple times watching him

Fantastic ... worked like a charm !! (Tried others solutions but much more difficult ...) !! Many thanks for you help

Awesome man.. It worked with a business card.. Phew.. Relief, my imp medicines were stuck in it. Thank you

God bless you sir! Thank you for your time and kindness in sharing this. It worked beautifully.

Thanks so much I tried this way after a few others - I used a no.15 scalpel blade!

Thanks to franzlai, using the phone light instead of a blade worked for me! Looking down (birds-eye-view), you must carefully find the metal part deep inside the gap located on the left side of each number dial. Once you see the metal part, turn the dial until you see a notch/hole on the metal (this part is difficult because the gap is so tiny and and the metal part is not so visible, so it helps to look up close and turn off all lights except your cell phone). Once you have all three notches/holes facing up (i will call this "notched numbers"), it is NOT the actual combination code. Just like the guy on this video mentioned, you just need to figure out the opposite numbers of the "notched numbers" (imagine the numbers 0-9 on the dial wheel, you have to find the number on the opposite side of the wheel--or basically five numbers AHEAD of the notched numbers). For example, my notched numbers was 256, but the actual combination code is 701, which was 5 numbers ahead of 2, 5, and 6.

Thank you very much it worked with a Blade after 2 hours of trying :)

It works! Thank you so much!

Worked!!!! Thank you so much! Tried the others, no success.

It worked thank you for sharing. We have to figure out if 5 is opposite of 0 then and 6 opposite is 1 and so on. Thank you again.

worked in minutes.. thank you

It really works! Thank you.

Thank you very much for your support. It worked! We got it by using a scalpel.

You were right! I tried the other methods and didn’t get it. I got this with the first try. THANK YOU!

thanks! I was able to do it with a small pen blade on my swiss army pocket knife. I did not turn it with the blade though. i turn the number by hand and tested each number to see how far down the blade would go down into the wheel. found the numbers quickly.

With a sharp cutter got it. Thank you!

Thank you! Brilliant!

Thanks it worked , a small adjustment 100% success

This worked! Thank you!! I used an exacto knife and it was very easy.

Thank you! I used a small X-Acyo knife with a very narrow point. You need to hold the knife vertically and then you can feel it pushing into the notch.

This worked for me. Thanks x

This work for me, thank you!!!

Brilliant many thanks, worked in 30 seconds once I found a razor blade thin enough to use. Saved the day 👍😊

Thank you very much, you’re amazing!!!

even cheaper....use a business card! i tried that and it worked perfectly. it was key that he mentioned that the blade falls deeper in the gap when the wheel is turned. good luck everyone!

It was amazing. It worked soooo easily. Really. It helped so much Thank you

Thanks ! could not get this working with a normal exacto blade... went to pharmaprix and got a wilkinson blade as shown in the video for 5 bucks... Anyways so putting the corner of the thin blade and making it revolve pulling towards you as shown in the video will work... some times it takes 2-3 whole rotations to finally get that point where you feel the corner of the blade sinks deeper and does not want to turn it.... then you know it's the opposite number as seen in the video... I may be stupid but I made myself the drawing to make sure I know what the opposite number was xD good luck !

Worked like a charm

Great! Done! Thank you very much!

This was the 3rd video I watched to open my cabinet and the first one that worked. The others had me applying pressure while turning the numbers but by being patient and understanding the lock better I easily and quickly had my cabinet open. Thank you.

It works used a razor to till felt groove in each number and it worked perfect after turning all three numbers five times same direction

Thank u !

Thanks my friend it worked

Thanks so much!!!

Thanks a lot

The knife is very err... thicc.

You can turn each number one at a time use razor to feel for dip on left side of each number if it goes straight across keep turning till you feel a boomp then go to next number till all three have that boomp on left side and wallah turn and unlock

grazie!!!! sei stato fantasticoooo!!!

Laughing at my simple mistake as I was turning it the same direction as you, but I'm sitting the opposite way. My to to others, turn the dial towards the opening of the drawers.

From the dates of the videos and the comments, it seems like this method may work best for the older Galants. I tried some of the other methods on YT which were posted in the last 2-3 years and they seem to have worked for people who acquired their drawers more recently. My guess is that this method works best for Galants bought pre-2018ish.

Thanks

very good but take care with the v sharp thin razor blade ..

I figured you don't need any knife or blade. I was able to unlock it with my cellphone light as I look for the shallow hole between the gap. Once all holes facing up, turn the combination together couple times and viola! Same concept but no tools needed!

Thnx. Now how do i set a new code?

It worked!

SUPER THANKS

Just cut a business card into 1 inch or so and works great!!

good

Great method - Thank you - it was a life saver today :-)