Abstract: A tool which may be used to remove staples having a first and second pivotably connected elements having parallel, spaced-apart members, the second of which is at least partially disposed in the first and has a tongue with a removable concave, bevelled tip and is pivotably connected to a lever and a gripping bar which is parallelpipedic with an S-shape having a striated, convex lower end which is spring biased into contact with each other so that when the tongue is inserted under the head of the staple and a pressure exerted on the lever it causes the means for gripping to pivot until its convex end comes into contact with the head of the staple which is pinched against the tongue and removed without being deformed.