How To Get Drywall Anchors Off

Use the hammer tapping the screw to push the anchor through the drywall so that it will drop onto the back side of the drywall don t drive the screw so far in that you can t get to it.

How to get drywall anchors off. Thread the screw four or five turns into the anchor. To get tighter joints. If it won t give and remains. Step 4 spackle over the head of the anchor. Use a punch and hammer to tap on the anchor until is beneath the surface of the wall.

We added several shelves in this house using drive type molly anchor bolts. With a gentle back and forth rocking motion wiggle the anchor free. Place a flat blade screwdriver across the opening of the drywall anchor. To remove a wall anchor start by removing the threaded screws with a screwdriver. Make sure the head of the screwdriver is wider than the screw hole in the anchor.

Step 2 patch the hole. Use a screwdriver to back the screw out of the anchor. Gorilla glue and similar products expand when drying and is used a lot in furniture making for that reason. Alternatively if your wall anchor has a plastic collar push a utility knife under the collar and saw it off. Scrape the spackle flat with a putty knife.

Then grab the collar which looks like a circular piece of metal with a pair of needle nosed pliers and pull it out. Pull it out grab the collar or head of the drywall anchor firmly with needle nose pliers. Later we decided to remove the shelves but this left a problem.