This is probably a familiar situation for many: you buy clothes, come home, and discover magnetic anti-theft protection on your clothes. I bought this shirt at a well-known store.

Let me just say I have the receipt, otherwise there’s going to be a lot of ranting in the comments. We got home, took our things out of the bag, and found this security clip.

I immediately remembered that when I was at the checkout, the cashier was distracted by another customer and apparently missed the moment, which is why we have what we have. Why the security frame didn’t beep, I don’t know—Murphy’s Law, I guess.

It would be more logical to go back to the store and show the receipt, and they would take it off with my deepest apologies, and if we quarrel a little, they would even give it back for free, but I’m not that kind of person)

There’s just one problem: it’s over 140 km to get to this store. As you can imagine, driving just for this little detail isn’t exactly cost-effective.

How to remove a magnet from clothing at home?

I decided to start with the simplest thing: I went to the nearest clothing store, showed the receipt and asked to remove the magnet.

The seller’s reaction really surprised me. I won’t go into detail, but I’ll just say that no one wants to deal with this for various reasons, and I basically understand them.

I decided to go a different route, using traditional methods; the situation is still common.

• People recommend heating the magnetic clip, which I assume will destroy the magnet’s properties. I found this impractical, as it could damage new clothing.
• Another option is to demagnetize it with a neodymium magnet or a powerful magnet. I found a magnet from an old hard drive, but it didn’t work.

I thought it was a bit weak, so I took this magnet.

Also apparently weak..

Where can I get a powerful magnet at home?

That’s right, if it’s not there, then there’s nothing to look for, all that’s left to do is go out into the entrance and go down to the intercom, here’s the most powerful magnet for you.

But this option didn’t help me either; apparently the clip works on a different system.

After much “dancing with a tambourine” I decided to take the simplest path.

We break the pipette with light pressure.

We take out the rubber cap and spring, remove the nail, and that’s it. Just like that, in about a minute and without any tricks.

Some people say some clips are “charged” with paint, but not this model. Do you know a simpler way? Please let me know in the comments.