Abstract: A tool for removing U-shaped wire staples has a handle and an elongated rod-like tool which has a pointed lower part for positioning adjacent the bridge of a staple with embedded legs, a horizontal slot above the pointed end for receiving the bridge of the staple, and an upper part for stabilizing the bridge when it is received within the slot. The handle is aligned with the tool so that the rear end of the handle may be struck, forcing the bridge into the slot in a jam-fit grasp and driving the legs of the staple from the material holding them.