# Need help removing drawers from dresser **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 10, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-removing-drawers-from-dresser/838467 "2019-08-10T18:49:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-removing-drawers-from-dresser/838467/1 "2019-08-10T18:49:18Z")
Need help removing drawers from dresser. I’ve tried everything I can think of. The glides are bottom mount. There is no release mechanism that I can find. There are no stops on the sides. Taking off the dresser back doesn’t seem it will allow access. And I can only reach the drawer glide screws on the front - so that won’t help. The name on the glide seems to be"Lidisi" or “Clidisi”. I’m going crazy. Any ideas? [![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/50d1736b-a173-4f0a-b763-f782a49b5ef9.jpg) ](https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/50d1736b-a173-4f0a-b763-f782a49b5ef9.jpg) [![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/41906813-c838-4ac2-b9d4-2c433de9790c.jpg) ](https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/41906813-c838-4ac2-b9d4-2c433de9790c.jpg) [![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/3a9c2e8b-7393-4ea2-a41a-b88bb7b1451f.jpg) ](https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/3a9c2e8b-7393-4ea2-a41a-b88bb7b1451f.jpg) [![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/211b99d0-6e24-4ac8-9c06-53bde9050228.jpg) ](https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/211b99d0-6e24-4ac8-9c06-53bde9050228.jpg) [![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/770838d6-ed45-4021-b2db-347d6a694ca3.jpg) ](https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/770838d6-ed45-4021-b2db-347d6a694ca3.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-removing-drawers-from-dresser/838467/2 "2019-08-10T21:14:21Z")
B. There seems to be a black piece of plastic at the end of one rail. Perhaps lifting that out frees things. But more likely: A. The oval next to it might allow access to a spring button that unlatches it. ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-removing-drawers-from-dresser/838467/3 "2019-08-10T21:22:46Z")
On my similar glides (other brand), there’s a little pointy bit made of black plastic, that you need to deflect to the side. I think I can see it in the left 25% of your second picture, but it’s hard to see because it’s black on chrome. ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-removing-drawers-from-dresser/838467/4 "2019-08-10T21:55:44Z")
Here’s a [PDF document](https://www.richelieu.com/documents/docsGr/118/893/8/1188938/1363721.pdf) for Accuride glides. On the last illustration on the last page, you can see the pointy bit labeled as “Disconnect lever”. That’s what I was talking about above. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-removing-drawers-from-dresser/838467/5 "2019-08-10T23:47:11Z")
Did you fold your \*drawers \*before putting them away? They are easier to pickup and remove afterwards. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-removing-drawers-from-dresser/838467/6 "2019-08-10T23:59:40Z")
You’ll probably have to remove the Phillips head mounting screws. Cheap drawer glides aren’t always designed to separate. It varies from brand to brand. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-removing-drawers-from-dresser/838467/7 "2019-08-11T01:04:54Z")
> [@Heracles](#): > > Here’s a [PDF document](https://www.richelieu.com/documents/docsGr/118/893/8/1188938/1363721.pdf) for Accuride glides. On the last illustration on the last page, you can see the pointy bit labeled as “Disconnect lever”. That’s what I was talking about above. Thank you, thank you. That worked. I had actually seen that black thing earlier and tried it but I was afraid to pull on the drawer too hard. I felt more confident seeing the pdf you linked to. Anyway, thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-removing-drawers-from-dresser/838467/8 "2019-08-11T01:06:13Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Did you fold your \*drawers \*before putting them away? They are easier to pickup and remove afterwards. > > 😉 Ha ha. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-removing-drawers-from-dresser/838467/9 "2019-08-11T12:52:57Z")
Glad it worked. Was this to retrieve a sock that had fallen behind its assigned drawer, or your uncle’s long-hidden B&O Railway stock certificates? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-removing-drawers-from-dresser/838467/10 "2019-08-11T22:06:26Z")
> [@Heracles](#): > > Glad it worked. Was this to retrieve a sock that had fallen behind its assigned drawer, or your uncle’s long-hidden B&O Railway stock certificates? The REAL Mona Lisa. That and Nazi gold. Seriously though, I’m moving and this dresser is massive (solid wood) and weighs a lot. With the drawers out it will still weigh a lot but it will be better. I wouldn’t bother for a sock. 🙂