Most sliding closet doors only have brackets at the top. The bottom is usually just a wheel that follows along a track.
Loosen the screws at the top of both doors. Loosen every single screw to ensure that you don’t miss one and crack your door when you try to remove it. Even if you have brackets on the bottom of your door, they’re probably just connected to your wheels. Removing them may create unnecessary work for you. Only loosen the brackets on the bottom if the door won’t raise up after loosening the brackets on top.
Depending on the style of your door, the wheels at the top may fall off of the track when you lift it. If they do, pull the bottom of the door towards you to remove it fully. You don’t need to do anything else. Repeat this on the next door and you’re done.
If there are wheels, ignore them. They’ll lift right out with the door when you lift it out. Most rolling closet doors have wheels. It’s usually closet doors with glass that have the extra brackets you must remove. Repeat this process for both doors to get all the necessary brackets and screws loosened on both doors. If there are brackets connecting the door to the track, they are usually on the side of the door where it sits in the track’s groove.
You’re going to lift the door out from the bottom track and pull it toward you. To keep yourself from falling, move all screws and tools off of the floor around you.
Hold the door steady as you’re raising it up.
The door may come completely off when you go to lower it. On some sliding doors, the brackets are only used to adjust the height of the door and the wheels are just hanging on the track.
You may notice the top of the door simply pop out before you get a chance to unscrew the brackets. If this happens, don’t worry about unscrewing the brackets.
You may need to raise the second door a little higher than the first one when raising it up if there’s a raised threshold in between the 2 doors.
