The handle doorknob you rely on a force at a distance.
How to force a door handle.
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Large double door wrap for deadbolt lever the best way to handle this is to install some sort of a door wrap.
Push on the tool.
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If the doorknob has a slit on the outside handle a butter knife should do the trick.
You should feel some resistance similar to a spring being depressed.
If the locking mechanism is a latchbolt the kind of bolt that is spring loaded and has one angled edge and the angled edge is facing away from you you can hook it with a wire hanger.
Most of the time all you need to do is jab a paperclip in the hole and push on the locking mechanism.
This video goes over the inside of a door handle that you would use in your house.
Specific details will vary for different door handles.
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Push the spring as far as possible with the tool with one hand while pulling the doorknob off with your other hand.