How to Open a Locked Bathroom

Push-Button Lock

• 1

  Straighten one end of a large paper clip. Grab the outside end of the paper clip and bend it away from the rest of the clip. The rest of the paper clip becomes a handle for the straight end. If a paper clip is not available, find a finishing nail or similar long thin item.

• 2

  Insert the straight end of the paper clip into the hole in the center of the door handle. Once you feel resistance, grab the doorknob with your free hand.

• 3

  Push the paper clip into the resistance while turning the door knob with your other hand. The resistance is the back of the push-button lock. You will hear the lock pop out and the doorknob will turn.

Turn Lock

• 4

  Insert a small flat screwdriver into the slot in the center of the doorknob. The hole in this type of doorknob might also be round. Use the smallest flat screwdriver possible.

• 5

  Wiggle the screwdriver inside the doorknob, twisting the handle as you push it through the doorknob. Use the screwdriver to feel for a small slot. Once you find the slot, the screwdriver will offer resistance when twisting.

• 6

  Hold the doorknob in one hand and turn the knob as you twist the screwdriver to unlock the door. This might take several attempts.