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How to Shrink Shorts
Shorts that are loose and ill-fitting can be really uncomfortable to wear. Instead of donating them and buying new ones, try shrinking them first! Depending on the material they're made of, you can try shrinking the entire pair by putting them into the dr...
How to Delete Notifications on Instagram
Instagram is a popular app that lets users share photos and videos with friends and followers. However, there may come a time when you might want to edit which notifications you receive on your phone. This wikiHow article will show you how to delete speci...
How to Make a Shoe Wider
The easiest way to widen your shoes is to walk around in them in your home for about a week. If you’d like to make your shoes wider more quickly, however, you can choose from several simple methods. These include blowing hot air onto your shoes with a hai...
How to Make an Air Filter
Building a DIY air filter is a great way to keep the air clean and crisp—especially when it comes to removing pollen, dust, wildfire smoke, and bacteria. While there are a few different ways to make an air filter, all of them require only a handful of che...
How to Convince Your Parents to Let You Marry for Love
Being in love and ready to get married is a wonderful, exciting feeling! But if you’re ready to marry for love and your parents want an arranged marriage, you might be feeling lots of stress. To win them over, try to have constructive conversations with y...
How to Center an Excel Worksheet
This wikiHow teaches you how to center an Excel spreadsheet in the middle of the page, using a computer. You can center your spreadsheet horizontally and vertically, using the custom margin options on a desktop computer. You can't change the margin option...
How to Sew Coat Buttons
Whether you have lost a coat button, or want to update a coat with new buttons, you can easily sew buttons onto your coat. This is a simple hand-sewing task that anyone can complete in a matter of minutes. Choose the buttons you want to sew onto the coat...
How to Get Red Out of Hair
If you want to strip red dye from your hair, you can use a commercial color-removing product or try a home remedy. If you want to turn your red hair blonde, start by removing the dye, apply a high-lift color, do a bleach bath, wait a few days and bleach y...
How to Oil a Grill
Oiling your grill is a simple way to keep food from sticking to the grill grates while you're cooking. We'll show you how to oil any type of grill, whether it's charcoal, gas, or electric!
How to Stop a Keloid from Growing
If you have a raised scar from acne, piercings, injuries, or surgery, you probably want to prevent scar tissue from forming around it. To stop the growth of a keloid, help the skin heal and avoid irritating the keloid. Applying silicone gel and pressure h...
Easy Ways to Open TAR, TGZ, and TAR.GZ Files on PC & Mac
If you have a file on your PC or Mac that ends with .TAR, it's an archive file that typically contains one or more files or folders that need to be unpacked. If the file's name ends with .TGZ or .TAR.GZ, the file is not only archived in the TAR format, bu...
How to Dispose of Tires
Piles of old tires are an environmental hazard, a health hazard, and a fire hazard. Fortunately, there are many ways to dispose of them legally, safely, and fairly inexpensively. If you have only a few old tires to get rid of (4, for instance), you can dr...
How to Set Up Twitch Donations
This wikiHow shows you how to connect an account for receiving monetary donations while hosting a Twitch channel. Twitch's currency system, Twitch Bits, is the most convenient way of setting up donations, but there are other options available for users.
How to Cut an Apple for Apple Pie
Apple pie is one of the simplest pies to make, but you're faced with a lot of choices. Should you peel the apples? Do you slice or chop them? Is there a best way to prep the apples? Fortunately, there's no right or wrong way to cut apples for an apple pie...
How to Hang Records on a Wall
It’s called “album art" for a reason—vinyl records are a great option for spicing up a blank wall. Not only do they come in bright colors and eye-catching designs, but they also let you put your favorite music on display. Hanging your records on the wall...
How to Hang Sawtooth Picture Hangers
A sawtooth picture hanger is a great way to hang pictures that weigh less than 20 pounds (9.1 kg). It gets attached directly to the back of the frame, and from there you can place a nail in the wall and hang the picture from the sawtooth hanger with ease....