Thanks for this - very helpful. Dental floss didn't work for me as it kept breaking so I substituted it with 40lb fishing line. Worked a treat.

Short, sweet and to the point. Greatly appreciated.

I've found it very easy to remove it. All you need is alcohol spray ! firstly, you have to peel the edge a little bit, then you just spray the alcohol right between the surfaces ! Keep peeling while spraying. The job done 💪

This video just came extremely in handy; I'm selling my car and wanted to move the dashcam to my new car, and I couldn't figure out how to get the darn sticky pad off. It was a real blast from the past seeing your old 2013 intro again!

Wow, thank you so much! I had a faulty dash cam mount glued to my windshield and had no idea how to get it off. I'd never have thought of dental floss. It took a long time but finally that ugly thing is off and my windshield is clean again. Very helpful!

I can confirm this works. Put on some external vent screens so I could crack my car windows while it's raining. Had a bad parking job next to a tree pull one off. I was able to remove all the sticky stuff as shown in the video. Once dried (it evaporates almost immediately), I was able to apply some new 3M double sided adhesive strip (comes in different thicknesses) and it has been good as new ever since. Also wanted to point out that the 3M double sided stuff is also a good interim for sticking velcro to surfaces that are not flat/smooth. Adds a small thickness to the velcro, but you can do pretty much anything you need to with velcro and 3M double sided sticky pads/strips.

bless you, i spent $900 on a used drum machine that had wood panels stuck to the sides. the panels blocked me from putting on the protective lid I spent another $50 bucks on. two years later, the panels are finally off!! I used a thin shoelace wrapped around two drum sticks like the garotte technique someone mentioned below. genius, good sir.

I find that Turpentine (turps) and its variations as used for cleaning paint brushes work quite well for removing any remnants of 3m tape. It takes a minute or so to work, so in stubborn cases, dab it on and leave it a minute. The longer the 3m tape is in situ, the more difficult it becomes to remove.

My floss kept slipping of my banana fingers, so I tied a pen to each end like a garrote wire and it worked perfectly. Awesome video, you saved my phone :D

Just tried removing the sticky mount from my old DR32 dashcam (been mounted for about 2 years) and it seems to be near impossible to budge -- impressive adhesive strength. Have tried two brands of dental floss and they both broke after several attempts :( [update] Switched to Colgate floss for the 3rd attempt. Finally making some slow progress -- painstakingly sawed through 5mm worth of sticky pad in about 5 minutes before the floss broke again. I actually had to tie some keyrings to either end of the floss in order to get enough grip to saw through the sticky pad (the floss tape was killing my fingers). The sun went down so I'll have to try again later. I WILL remove this sonovabitch eventually!

Mint flavoured floss or standard? No, seriously, due ye iz a genibus. Thanks for this.

3M sticky tapes are highly durable...and it ain't easy to remove them...especially dental floss...that is truly remarkable

The important thing to remember when pulling the adhesive off the glass is to do it slowly. Give it time to " let go".

What a clever solution! Thank you for posting it. I was at a loss for how to safely remove a mount of mine that uses this stuff but this looks very promising.

thank you so much for the tip. I mounted a gopro clip to my drone and needed to take it off. I've used a hairdryer to remove them before but i was worried about the heat on my drone. This tip helps tremendously. edit: I better watch the video a few more times to make sure I understand what you did completely. Might as well let the ads play all the way through while im at it.

Excellent Tip - I'll put the wife's hairdryer away now :) Always floss :)

Short and sweet to the point, this actually works. I could not get my mount off, using this method, took less than a minute.

Looked up exactly this, opened a few videos in tabs without looking at the uploader, then I was like hey I know this intro from somewhere! Had no idea you had a video on this, and I've seen most of them

WD 40 is also a solvent and removes glue remains very effectively, and most people probably have it in their homes. I use WD 40 everytime I need to unglue something or if I want to quickly remove the glue from a surface.

Fishing line is another alternative that works well too.

Thank you very much for this video. I tried before with a knife etc but I couldn't. After watching this video it took only 5 seconds for me to remove. Really very easy with dental floss.

Dental floss by itself didn't hack it for me, even with gloves to prevent cutting through my fingers before cutting through the adhesive. I found a video from 3M showing how to remove several feet of bonded material easily. They used an oscillating tool and rubbing alcohol which they squirted along the edge at the beginning to act as a lubricant and to aid in the release. I squirted some rubbing alcohol across the edge and then went back with the dental floss, which then cut through the adhesive like "a hot wire through butter". Once the rubbing alcohol evaporated, the adhesive seemed to regain it properties, so I repositioned and remounted the dashcam where I really wanted it using the original used adhesive mount. Maybe in a few days or a few months I will come to regret this if the dashcam falls off the windshield and hangs by the cable a few inches in the air, but I still have the extra spare adhesive piece that came with the dashcam to do it right if necessary.

Thanks for this handy info.

I've had great success just using a non-sharp kitchen knife. Slide in a bit and pry...gently, of course. Keep moving it in and it comes off without scratching or breaking anything. I suppose it depends on where you're doing this. For me, it's been glass and acrylic windshields on the car and motorcycle. My most recent dash cam has the clear VHB tape which sticks like crazy, yet peels off easily without leaving any residue. It's very gummy. I plan on buying a roll. 3M VHB 4910 or 4905 depending on the thickness you want. Thanks for the video post!

Thanks I feel better about using a dash cam with adhesive backing - I just wasn't sure if the glue would perma-damage the glass

You sir are brilliant. I used your method to remove a peel and stick object from a door and it worked like a charm. Thanks a bunch and cheers!

Brilliant! Had just abandoned my mount and tried to forget about it. A few minutes with this method and done!

Works a treat - Isopropanol is non greasy and with no odour. Great tip, thank you.

Best tip EVER! My Mini 0801 packed in (think it was faulty from the start tbh). Needed to get the mount off the screen. Dental floss and 2 minutes later the screen was perfectly clean of it and any adhesive residue. My 0801 was refunded and I now have a brand new 0803 which is absolutely fantastic. All based on the recommendation by Techmoan :)

Thank you so very much for the brilliant suggestion dear Techmoan, much appreciated.

Thank you sooo much . I had to remove one today , which I thought would cost me quite a bit to professionally remove. It was over in less then 15 minutes. Blessings!!

WOW. I've had the adhesive pad and the mount from old phone holder on the middle of my windshield for what seems like forever. Will definitely try this, this evening when I get home from work....CHEERS

Great video - Thanks! I wish all how-to videos were this short and simple.

I used this method using some strong cotton to remove an old Mini 0803 mount and it worked really well. One thing i would add though is that if you intend to re-use the mount on something else, be careful when sawing through the sticky pad as i damaged the plastic part of mine quite a bit. Luckily the camera was completely broken and getting thrown away anyway.

I'm suprised that this video is so useful even in 2020.

i did this myself after viewing. i used a small diameter but tough twine that I had left after a long ago fence building project, and off it came! thanks for the video!

Excellent! It worked like a charm. I used the normal threads used for stitching clothes. Tripled the thread and did. Quite useful for Indians who always have threads at home :)

You my friend are a gentleman and a scholar, worked great.

easy, straight-forward and effective method

From a time when TechMoan was a life hack channel… YOUR LIFE JUST GOT HAAAAAAAAACKED!

brilliant!!! worked 100% in less than 60 seconds.. this helped quite a bit

It worked in less than two minutes. thank you so much!! I was starting to get worried. I pick up my new car tomorrow!!

Thank you that worked perfect. I did both cars and used the alcohol to clean as well. The first one took longer to peel the remaining sticker off the window than to saw it off with the dental floss, so on the second car I used a scraper blade to get the remaining sticker off in seconds then clean up with alcohol. :)

thanks for helping me get a 3M sticker off my rental dishwasher!! thought i was gonna have to leave it 😂

duuuuuude, I would have never thought of that way, but it friggin worked, it actually worked. Thanks 🙏

For me, I find that the non-waxed dental floss works best. Depending upon the situation, I try to heat the sticky pad up first with a hair dryer because it seems to leave less residue that needs to be peeled away.

I did not expect that to work as well as it did. Thanks!

worked like a charm... This is genius!

Brilliant idea! Never would have thought of it. Worked a treat! Thank you.

What a life saver!!! So helpful!!! Thanks so much for sharing!!

New intro is great :) Please can you upload more kitchen/household videos they were really good!

Thank you so much for this, you've gained a fan, saved me some stress, I was even able to salvage and relocate the dismounted one 2 inches to the left of the original position.

Great reviews..I dont miss any of your posts..could you possibly review radar scanners? Many learn a lot from your unbiased reviews and I hope scanners are not an ethical issue for you...

This worked pretty dam good. Even works for those stick-on fisheye mirrors.

Way more info than what Garmin tells you. Thanks.

The new intro makes it looks like this is a show from the 80's. I prefer the old one.

I don't use the adhesive pad directly to the windscreen as suggested but choose to use the 3M dual lock as an intermediary. I can then move the whole thing from one vehicle to another without issues. I've just replaced my 0801 with a 0806. I now use the 0801 as a security camera stuck to my flat window just pointing to where my car is usually parked. We'll see how that lasts continually working !!

Excellent vidéo. I successfully removed my laptop lock plate from my Macbookpro !

I absolutely love your sense of humor. (So that's your lot...)

thanks for this idea, i tried to use dental floss but it broke instantly, so i found an industrial ziptie and it worked wonders. thanks very much

Good one Matt! I use fishing line but have never thought about floss. Fishing line works well though

Excellent, concise, helpful. Thank you Techmoan.

You are a star and a hero. This instruction video was just perfect, it worked so easily and I'm so grateful to you.

Sewing thread works great too! Just double it and have at it!!

Saved my life just now. Thanks!

Thank you! Worked great to remove the mount.

Cheers mate, wouldn't have thought of floss, great idea!

Took less than 2 minutes to remove the tape from my bike. Thanks:).

Now I finally have a use for my dental floss!! Thanks man!!!

Thank you! I was wondering what on earth the "mount detaching string" was!

Thank you very much for helping, your method worked perfect on my helmet.👍🏻

Thanks! I used this trick to take my NFC tags off of my metal locker at school so that they'd actually work.

short, simple. well done. Thanks man!

Your new intro looks good and all, and someone (you?) probably put a lot of time into it, but I liked the clean intro you had before more. Just letting you know.

I tried the string thing but it was cutting my fingers. Per the Street Guardian dashcam seller on Amazon, I tried my large channel-locks pliers, those instantly did the trick. Put them lengthwise on the edges and twist parallel to the glass.

Hey, i'm the 50,000 viewer. YAY, lol. What I want to see is how to remove the windshield mask behind the rear-view mirror. It would be nice to have a dash cam hide up there with just just enough mask removed for the lens to look through.

Thanks! Exactly where I was looking for! Even a dashcam application in my case.

Great tip re the dental floss. I just bought a used car with a mobile phone holder stuck on the screen.

I like what you did with the reel to reel and led's at the end! But you need to let it run a little longer before you shut it off....

At least i got the idea. I tried even strong dollar store string and it broke. I find wetting it helps with water spray. Just work slow but the method is there.

Thank you so much for this. I recently put 3m tape on my windshield for dash camera and dislike. I much prefer suction cups.

My girlfriend overheard me watching this and asked what Alan Partridge video am I watching? :D

Thank you for this quick and easy method, bless you!!!!

My car was baking in the +90º sun, but it was still difficult to cut with floss. Also, the leftover adhesive foam was very difficult to remove. Maybe I should have blasted with the heat gun first. Still, I appreciate this video. There's a chance that the adhesive wasn't 3M, which might be more difficult.

Thank you for this great bit of information! Keep up the good work!!

I pour some hot water on the outside of the window to soften the adhesive and the pad comes off a lot easier.

Amazing new intro

Great tip thanks, worked a treat for me after trying a couple other things.

You saved my laptop!

youre a life saver sir.

Handy, never thought of using dental floss. Cheers :)

Great solutions. it works for me. Thank you for this simple and easy solutions.

Looks good. I'll try to see how it works. Thanks.

I was about to ask but you beat me to it. Thanx for the tip :-)

Cool new intro, I like it a lot!

Add appropiate heat and it gets even easier.

I can confirm that the official car brand autoshops use dental floss to remove logos and other stuff attached with 3M tape

Thank you!!! Floss worked!!!! Got it in 30 seconds. Very much appreciate the video - I was debating getting out a hammer... :-)

Nice one really worked a treat thanks

Great tips, worked perfectly! Thank you!