If you’ve lost your safe’s combination code you may be very frustrated – or worse – because it’s nearly impossible for the average person to guess or crack their safe code. Here’s a guide to the steps you should take if you misplace your safe code, as prepared by the home security experts here at Top Locksmith.
Check if the Safe is Open
If your safe just happens to be open (as unlikely as this is) you’re in luck! Simply contact a local locksmith to help change the combination to dial safes, or to reset your electronic safe to factory defaults.
Find Out your Safe Model
If your safe is locked, move to identify what type of safe you have. You need to find out the brand, model, and serial number of the safe in order to assist a professional safe technician to research it. The brand is likely on the safe door, with the serial number on the door’s bottom corner. Sometimes model numbers are on the back of the safe – which can be hard to find if it’s bolted down. If you can’t find the model number, call the manufacturer of the safe who will give you the model number from it’s serial number.
Key Override Options
If your safe has a key override option you are also in luck. Usually, a trustworthy professional local locksmith can pick that lock or create a key to use in it. However, with high security safes, the key needs to be used ALONGSIDE the combination. If there’s a number stamped by the key override keyhole, a locksmith should be able to quickly figure out what the combination is.
Hire a Professional Locksmith
Contact a licensed professional locksmith. They will attempt to retrieve a safe dial combination code through the manufacturer, or override an electronic combination for electronic safes. If these attempts do not work for any reason, you can choose to have the safe drilled open. This will allow you to retrieve the safe contents, but will render the safe unuseable in the future, and force you to purchase a replacement safe.