Thinkpads Forum

I want to get rid of these things, since I feel they look tacky and are annoying feeling as well. Anyone remove these successfully without scuffing the palm rest? If so how did you remove them? I tried a second with my finger nail, but that didn't go anywhere fast.

Thanks, B

Heat them up a bit by using a hairdryer or something and then try again.

Heat will help, but there isn't any reason why you can't win this battle with a fingernail. You just have to have a bit of patience, and rub off whatever adhesive de-bonds from the sticker (that's less likely to happen if you heat things up a bit) as it comes up.

In other words, there isn't any real magic to doing this: just peel them off, and clean up the residue with your thumb.

Chief

I second Army Chief's suggestion about a fingernail, they'll come up fairly easy. When I took mine off the XP sticker seemed to have more glue on it than the others. Just be careful about what you use to remove the residue left behind; a soft cloth and a mix of water and isopropyl alcohol should do the trick. I've heard of people using olive oil and they swear by it, but I don't feel like cooking my TP. Also, take them off soon because if you wait a few months you may have "shadows" left behind where the stickers were.

If your fingernail isnot strong enough, use a Swiss knife.

Thanks for the input. The xp one was just stuck on really tight, but the swiss army knife popped it up with ease, and a simple rub with the thumb got rid of the goo. Had this for a few months and just now took them off, but there is no sign of uneven wear so all is well. Looks alot better without those silly stickers, I guess thats why I like the thinkpads in general--simple and sleek.

It's probably too late for you, but rather than throwing mine away I re-stuck them on the bottom of my machine, just for 'historical' value [Which is where they belong in the first place ]