Secret solution to removing labels from folders?

I just flip the folder and keep the label tag inwards so the outside is clean and nice. it works really well. Try it before you ditch it!!

Placing new labels on old ones doesn’t work because the printing underneath shows through. I don’t have a say in what we purchase here at work, but removable labels sound great, and probably more expensive. Rhonda: I use your method with a staple remover that looks like the cuticle tool, and it works really well on the individual color-coded numbers and if the file labels aren’t really old.

Ever heard of just being honest? If you don’t like the way things are done then just stop doing business with them.

Avery makes removable file folder labels. Avery #8066 should be what you’re looking for. I’ve used them for years & they work really well.

I just flip the folder inside out, and there I’d have a blank label section. If you choose, you can cover the old label, which will actually be on the backside after you flip it.

YOU GO ANON! A hairdryer……..how ridiculous!

I reuse file folders all the time. I use the Avery removable labels which peel right off leaving no sticky residue. Saves a lot of folders!

Ever heard of Avery REMOVABLE labels?!?

If you just need to reuse a file and not for regular filing, I use a piece of colored paper 1/4 page in size and tape it over the whole tab (I call these files “junk files” and use them for my personal use at my desk. I can reuse and reuse these. If I know that I will be reusing a folder for regular filing I use removable file labels

Use a piece of packing tape; rub onto label with fingernail, then rip packing tape off. The label will come with it. Works well for removing pricetags from gifts, too.

As with most labels, they have a glue backing. You can bring your hair dryer from home and heat them up a bit, then they will come right off. At least that is what works on items I purchase at the store with sticky labels or stickers on them…

In my workplace we buy an adhesive remover called “un-du Adhesive Remover.” It not only removes the label but you can even re-attach the label to something else. According to the package “The solution instantly neutralizes the adhesive temporarily and then quickly evaporates allowing you to reuse the sticker, label, or tape again.” In my experience, this really works!

I just put the new label over the old. Why remove it?

In most manicure kits there is a tool that pushes back your cuticle. I use an old one of those. I can usually grab a corder and easily lift off the label from there. It is a trick I learned in removing shelf labels when I worked retail. If you have files that require frequent label changes consider the investment in a poly file. The labels are easily removed on those.

If the label won’t rip off easily, I sometimes whiteout the text so it doesn’t show through, and place a label over the old one.

I use white out tape and write over the old label or reapply a new labels. I can usually reuse the folder several times until too worn.

I have taken an X-Acto knife and lightly cut around the old label, then lift it off. This is a very clean way for removing the old labels. Then I purchased removable labels to replace the old ones. Now it is very easy!

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I’ve never went to the extreme of trying to remove old labels. The most efficient manner, less time and effort, if you have to use the same folders as a cost effective measure, is to just place a new label over the old one.