Always start with your firearm unloaded and safe.  Hold your firearm in a secure position with the barrel facing up and the sights facing away from you.

1. Insert the back side of the removal tool (side with the hole milled) into the guide rod/ spring plug hole, (0.399-inch hole)
2. Depress the tool about 1/8 inch and rotate compensator about 15 degrees counter clockwise. 
3. Insert thin side of removal tool depressing the edge of the spring cap about 0.25 inches while rotating compensator to 4 0'clock position.  At this point the compensator can be removed.

Caution!!! The spring cap is under tension and may be ejected causing facial/eye injury.