This might be stupid but I locked my door on accident

[e46]

My door handle got locked from the other side and I got my laptop and computer in there and I have to turn in a school report tomorrow and it’s on my pc how should I unlock it? The door knob kind of looks like this

[Crunchy Dragon]

Grab a paper clip, straighten it out, and stick it in the hole until you hear it click.

 

Might take a few tries

[e46]

9 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Grab a paper clip, straighten it out, and stick it in the hole until you hear it click.

 

Might take a few tries

Thank you so much!!

[Canada EH]

17 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Grab a paper clip, straighten it out, and stick it in the hole until you hear it click.

 

Might take a few tries

Forgot one element, twisting the handle while you poke at the innards

[Crunchy Dragon]

3 minutes ago, Canada EH said:

Forgot one element, twisting the handle while you poke at the innards

Eh.

 

I've never had to do that, usually you just have to poke the paperclip(or whatever you choose) straight into the doorknob and hope you hit it correctly. The only time one usually has to twist is when picking the lock on a doorknob that has a real key(such as a house door for example).

[Canada EH]

Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

Eh.

Some you have to twist, depends on the model.

[Crunchy Dragon]

Just now, Canada EH said:

Some you have to twist, depends on the model.

Interesting. I've encountered quite a few doorknobs in my life with this locking method, but never had to twist it like that.

 

On anything recent, that is. Last I checked, the twisting doorknobs went out of style and now it's just the pokey ones.