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For the most part, removal IS the reverse of installation. Be sure to only flex the clip and NOT apply pressure to the heatsink pushing the sink down into the CPU. This is unnecessary. Simply push the clip towards the board, and then flex it AWAY from the socket. Below, I'm pushing the hinged clip of my Foxconn-copy down and then hinging it outward away from the socket's tab.
In the photo below, I'm using a newer Dynatron HSF who's clip does not feature a hinge. Fortunately, it offers a thumb tab large enough to easily squeeze inward to clear the tab on the socket.
On some heatsinks, like the Volcano II shown below, the tab is NOT large enough to allow easy leverage and the clip is NOT hinged. These clips typically have a means of grabbing onto the clip with a small pair of pliers or a tiny screwdriver. You can see on this Volcano that this means is in the form of a tiny hook that points up away from the clip.
Don't be ashamed if you have to bust out the pliers. The well seasoned tech knows when to stop and try another approach. The guys with tenacity tend to be the ones that cause the most damage.
Alphas are funny little heatsinks. It looks like a heatsink that is easy to install. Well, it is easy to install, if you install it Stan's way.
My coworker Stan informed me that the Alpha is easy as pie to install if you put the hinged clip on the socket FIRST as shown below.
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