How can I remove something from my earphone jack?

I believe everything you have mentioned is viable. It Just comes down to preference. Please see this post for some more help.

The best (an especially glueless) way to do it is actually quite simple and doesn't require any fancy tools. You just get a straw, just a normal plastic drinking straw, and cut in it so it can fit your jack. Then you just push it in the jack so it slides around the broken piece of the plug. Then you turn your device so that the jack is facing the floor, and the plug should slip out. If it doesn't, remove the staw slowly with the jack facing the floor and then take a pair of tweezers and grab the part that has already slipped out and pull it out carefully.It's cheap and fast and worked for me... I unfortunately lost my gold-plating on the jack but I think it's nothing glue can't fix.

My ear bud jack was stuck in the female jack of my iMac. I read all kinds of solutions with glue a straw or drilling. All of which imposed a risk of further damage.

Here is what I did and the tools I used.

RS-232 pin straightener (for us old analog guys)

iFixit Probe and Pick Set

iFixit Flat Needle Nose Pliers

I covered the display and unibody with a heavy towel for protection and Unplugged power

Used pin straightened tool to free the edges of the headphone male jack from the female internal jack

Used the smallest probe to pull the stuck piece forward

Used the needle nose pliers to grab the jack and remove it

Success without any damage to my oh so addicting iMac 27"

As always I used this site to get ideas. Thanks iFixit you are amazing!

If u have the peice that broke of from the stuck peice u can carefully glue on a extention peice wooded\orange stick or toothpick and the other exposed peice that broke off... Put tiny bit of crazy glue on it and try and be patient as u carefully enter it back in the earjack hole. Wait for it to dry. But don't let go of it. Keeping it centered. Than if u gave it at least 3 mins slowly put it straight out. And call yourself a hero. Lol. U need to have a steady hand and patience with plenty of light. It works.

Hii! I had this same problem with my iMac 27in today. I use the end of a Qtip Cotton swab. Cut it. Leaving 0.5in including the cotton. The objective is to use the end tip of the hole of the cotton, not the middle. Since it's tighter and has more strength to pull it out. Push it in further then pull it out. It works wonders :)

I used a thin screw not wider than the computer audio port head phone jack opening.

Screw into stuck piece of head jack center alignment where it grips into the plastic surrounding
the center audio wire.
Use needle nose pliers to pull screw out. Easy breeze.

Thanks for the tip. I had the same problem and used the drilling solution with a 1.5mm bit.

I snipped the end of a standard biro plastic sheath (the inner bit) and shaved it down to a snug fit in the headphone socket.

After a fair few attempts finally go the drill far enough into the offending article to bite and out it came.

This does require some precision so take care.

I used bamboo toothpick and put superglue on tip. wait after 10 mnts n pull. It works.

So, I got a rock stuck in my audio jack and I can't get it out. I want to try and get it out without having to pay a lot of money or damaging the inside.

What worked perfectly for me was something that came to mind when I realized I had no superglue, no straw, no drill bit, and so on.

What I used was a very thin NAIL that is used in conjunction with a hammer. It’s about 1 inch in length and is very thin.

I sat the laptop on its side with the aux plug facing up, centered the nail, GENTLY tapped it with the hammer, and pulled it right out with ease, and without damage.

I believe this is the most effective way to remove the broken aux tip. Literally took me less than a minute once the idea came to mind.

The tip of the nail is thin and sharp, therefore penetrating the broken aux tip with ease and not a lot of force. Tapping it GENTLY with the hammer enough to get the tip of the nail inserted to the broken aux tip is all that’s needed. When the nail sits up on its own, pull it up gently and bam. Done.