Recommended · for beginners
Desolder SMD without special tools
Why people recommend it
Shows a desoldering trick using a shaped piece of copper to heat every pin of a chip at once, suggested for removing chips without special tools.
Watch for: Risk of overheating pads
In their words
I found an interesting YouTube video with a neat de-soldering trick that requires no special equipment.
Polynomial on electronics.stackexchange.com, Dec 2012. CC BY-SA.