How to remove stripped screws – 7 different ways

You know you're getting old when you start deliberately searching for these kind of videos.

Anyone else salty af at a screw rn, I almost smashed my car window because of this screw

I just want to say THANK YOU to all the people who make these types of videos!!! I didn’t learn these sort of things growing up and you make it possible for me to stand on my own to feet!

I know others have already said similar things but I just want to add to the list of people thanking you. I really appreciate videos like this because my father passed away before I was able to legally drive. One of the most annoying parts of losing a loved one is not being able to ask them questions you know they would have the answer to. So anyways, thank you

Will swearing at the screw help?

whenever this happens I just move to another house.

Six years later and still helping people! Elastic band method worked like a charm just now, thanks man

Wow! My dad was a carpenter and taught me a lot of things, but that was 50 years ago. It's great to learn new tips and equipment for my DiY projects. (BTW, I'm a 75 year old DIY handy lady.)

is the swearing and pleading method not useful?

I don’t get how all these DIY tutorials always seem to work for everyone else, but never for me 😩

One technique that wasn't covered here but has worked wonders for me is to use a small dab of hot glue and hold the bit in it until hardened. The hot glue grabs any small imperfections and of course forms perfectly around the bit. A drop of oil in the treads helps too for tough cases. It works for basically any type of screw (even one you don't have quite the right size bit for). The downside is it's a bit tedious to do if there are many damaged screws. That's when it's time to invest in a proper damaged screw bit like shown here.

Brilliant! After struggling for 20 minutes I found this video and used an elastic band and power screwdriver to remove a screw in a shower screen to shower screen wall bracket where one of the six screws had gone a little rusty and the screw head itself was worn. It came out first time and with not much effort. Thank you, great stuff.

Now, if I could only find that one rubber band I horded away in 2015... Uuuugh!!

I worked with a British man named Kevin many years ago and he was an expert and removing stripped screws. I also learned the words "poofter" and "tosser" from him as well, names he loved to call me when Id bring a stripped screw for him to remove. He had epilepsy and we knew how to handle it when he would have a seizure. One night a seizure stopped his heart and he passed away, age 39. This was 18 years ago and I still miss him.

Thank you so much! My father in law recently died and left me his tools. I watched the part about the impact driver, figured he always had 2 of everything, went into his toolkit and found an impact driver, still in the box! You both helped me today.

Love this video! I was trying to remove a concealed door closer from my storm door and the heads of the phillips screws immediately started to strip out. Thought i'd have to remove the whole door, but i checked youtube first. The rubber band trick is absolutely amazing! The 2 stubborn screws came right out and you saved me a ton of work and possible damage to the door. Thank you!!

The bloody rubber band trick worked you legend!

I just removed a stripped screw from my laptop - the tiniest screw you could imaging. Your elastic band trick worked well. Can't wait to see the next six ways. Thank you for your post.

Thanks for sharing this excellent video. I managed to get a very stubborn old screw off an antique telephone bellbox, which I had been struggling with for ages. It came straight off with the rubber band technique!

These videos are nice and all but the reason you're not getting the same results is because these people are drilling and stripping fresh screws/threads, while your screw has seized from all the time it's been in place throughout the years.