How To Unlock A Locked Interior Door
This can be done in multiple ways.
How to unlock a locked interior door. Doors with a twisted tab lock are still easy to get past even if that tab is set to lock these locks appear on the handle of a door when either facing laterally or vertically the door will be locked or unlocked. To unlock this door from the inside the procedure is reversed. Open interior doors with a hex wrench. The non locking side of the door should have a small hole likely on.
For an interior door that has a small hole in the handle you can use a small screwdriver to unlock it. Residential interior doors like those on bathrooms and bedrooms lock for privacy but aren t really made to be impassable. Just insert the screwdriver into the small hole and press the button on the inside of the handle with it to unlock the door. Push in and turn in the other direction.
Older doors may still come equipped with a third type of privacy lock. This lock type is typically engaged by pushing the door knob in towards the door and turning it slightly in one direction. One of the most common ways to accomplish this is to kick the door down or ram it so that the lock is dislodged from the door jamb. If your interior door handle has a small round hole in the center it is this type of handle.
Most interior locking doors made in the last few decades use a special type of doorknob that allows the door to be opened in the event of it being locked by accident.