How To Remove Electronic Door Lock

Slide the handle from the lock button side of the lockset onto the shaft until it butts against the retaining clip.

How to remove electronic door lock.

As with anything these electric locks will eventually wear out leaving you to use a physical key to unlock the door. That part is removed by pulling it out from the edge of the door where you removed the latch plate. The lock is encased in this pocket making it a more secure locking method. Most electronic locks come with two screws that you need to remove from the inner part of the door.

At this point the square tab on the spindle is aligned with the square. You ll see the frame of the lock that holds the latch or dead bolt plug remaining in the hole. A short video showing how to properly install an electro magnetic door lock to your frame. Your new lock may or may not fit in the hole left by removing the old lock.

Press in on the handle until it locks in place. Learning how to change the code on keypad door locks is no big deal because the whole process is actually quite simple and easy. Unless you re driving around in some 80s econobox chances. You don t need to remove that unless you are changing out your entire door lock.

Use the flat head screwdriver to turn the spindle in the center of the door lock cylinder counterclockwise until it stops. Removing a mortise lock. Removing a mortise lock requires no more tools than for removing a regular knob door lock.