In anticipation of getting a new printer, I’m uninstalling my old one. But no matter what I do, I can’t get this connector unplugged. I’ve tried just yanking it, I’ve tried squeezing those two “wings” while pulling, nothing seems to work. Both ends are the same. If all else fails, I’m ready to simply cut the cord.
More specifically, push that little tab towards the wire. Not down into the machine. It is a pain. I eventually just snapped it off my laptop for my office as I was disconnecting it every night to take home.
It’s hard to tell but it looks like the little tab that needs to be pushed down may be broken off. I had a network cable like that. Might need to stick a very small screwdriver in there to push the tab down and then pull the cable free.