# Taking off Plastic Security Tags from Clothes? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 14, 2008, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-off-plastic-security-tags-from-clothes/43428 "2008-02-14T08:20:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-off-plastic-security-tags-from-clothes/43428/1 "2008-02-14T08:20:28Z")
NO i DID NOT steal them… im packing for vaca and i noticed one of the pairs of shorts i bought about a year ago (no receipt) didn’t get the security tags taken off. does anybody know how to take them off with out the handy little tag taker offer machine? thanks ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-off-plastic-security-tags-from-clothes/43428/2 "2008-02-14T08:22:02Z")
try and get some wire clippers and clip the metal pin? be careful not to cause it to spill the ink though ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-off-plastic-security-tags-from-clothes/43428/3 "2008-02-14T08:23:00Z")
hammer ---
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-off-plastic-security-tags-from-clothes/43428/4 "2008-02-14T08:23:02Z")
i thought they might have ink. ugh ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-off-plastic-security-tags-from-clothes/43428/5 "2008-02-14T08:24:00Z")
wear them with the tag…its the new style ---
**Author:** ![dirtye30](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dirtye30/32/7333_2.png) [@dirtye30](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dirtye30)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-off-plastic-security-tags-from-clothes/43428/6 "2008-02-14T08:25:03Z")
take it in to a store that doesnt sell that shirt or whatver and tell them you need it removed. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-off-plastic-security-tags-from-clothes/43428/7 "2008-02-14T08:25:36Z")
[http://blog.andrewwatters.com/tag/](http://blog.andrewwatters.com/tag/) ---
**Author:** ![AJC2500](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ajc2500/32/4965_2.png) [@AJC2500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AJC2500)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-off-plastic-security-tags-from-clothes/43428/8 "2008-02-14T08:33:15Z")
if its not ink, just pull it off. a hard tug and they come right out. or you can cut the plastic away from the pin and pull the pinhead through the cloth, it leaves a tiny hole though. if its ink then i dunno. that shit sucks, it gets everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-off-plastic-security-tags-from-clothes/43428/9 "2008-02-14T08:36:02Z")
isn;t there like a magnetic pin or something? get a strong magnet and go at it ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-off-plastic-security-tags-from-clothes/43428/10 "2008-02-14T09:28:26Z")
grind off the head of the pin (on the side with the circular plastic piece) and and just pull the plastic straight off. ---
**Author:** ![layzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/layzie/32/7599_2.png) [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 9:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-off-plastic-security-tags-from-clothes/43428/11 "2008-02-14T09:31:46Z")
stop stealing !!! ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-off-plastic-security-tags-from-clothes/43428/12 "2008-02-14T09:34:30Z")
pic of security tag so we can look better ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-off-plastic-security-tags-from-clothes/43428/13 "2008-02-14T09:35:49Z")
I’d say take off a hack saw blade, and just cut the pin into 2. ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-off-plastic-security-tags-from-clothes/43428/14 "2008-02-14T09:36:47Z")
> [@ultradriver10000](#): > > I’d say take off a hack saw blade, and just cut the pin into 2. bad idea, can’t do that without destroying the clothes. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-off-plastic-security-tags-from-clothes/43428/15 "2008-02-14T09:38:15Z")
I thought they were magnetic too? :shrug: ---
**Author:** ![layzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/layzie/32/7599_2.png) [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-off-plastic-security-tags-from-clothes/43428/16 "2008-02-14T09:48:30Z")
pictures of the stolen merchandise so i can inform them of the thief thats been stealing from them ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-off-plastic-security-tags-from-clothes/43428/17 "2008-02-14T10:07:03Z")
hahah bill, should of brought it in here. ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-off-plastic-security-tags-from-clothes/43428/18 "2008-02-14T10:08:57Z")
You can also do it by wrapping a rubber band around the small pins side repeatedly, they work based on pressure being applied to a specific spot. A rubber band will distribute the pressure evenly and vertically and cause it to pop off.