How to Remove Strings from an Electric Guitar

Turn the tuning peg at the headstock counterclockwise. This loosens the string.

Once the string is free of the tuning peg, you can snip off the part of the string that was wound around the tuning peg.

Push the string through at the bridge. This is on the front of the guitar where it disappears.

Flip the guitar over if the strings went through the body. Now you should see the brass end of the string, if not push it through a bit more. Take hold of the end and pull it through until it is out.

Replace each string, one at a time in succession, tuning as you go, as you take off old ones if you intend to put new strings on your guitar.