subject: How to Remove Your File Cabinet Drawers [print this page] Removing a file cabinet drawer will be a frustrating experience for you. What should be an easy task often ends up with you sweating; cursing and wrenching the drawer in ways that you are sure are not good for your cabinet. With a little help and guidance, you will be able to remove the drawers from just about any file cabinet. Read this following information carefully.
Step 1
The first step is that you have to open the drawer you want to remove all the way. Then look on each side of the drawer for a plastic tab or lever within the metal slides.
Step 2
Release the drawer from the slides. You can doing by pressing up or down on the tabs, lifting up on the drawer and then pulling the drawer next to you. Admittedly, it can be hard to do all at one time. So, get someone to help you. Have your helper depress the tabs while you maneuver the drawer; you have to be careful to not smash his or her fingers.
Step 3
Remove those drawers with no lever or tab in the slides. You can do this by opening the drawer fully, and then lifting and pulling on the drawer.
Step 4
The next step is that you can remove the contents of the drawer when you are difficulty to remove the drawer. Often taking the weight out of the drawer will do the trick, and the drawer that just would not come out slides out easily the first time once you have taken everything out.
Step 5
For the last step, you should move the drawer around at slightly different angles in order to get it to release, but do not twist it to too far or you may bend the mechanism or the drawer itself. This will only make it even harder to remove.
