Oil seal circlip rings

[Monstyr]

I'm dismantling my forks at the moment and I cant see how to get the circlips holding the oil seals in place removed, it doesn't have any visible purchase point for circlip pliers and I dont just want to lever it in case I damage something.
Is there a trick to them?

[unreal]

As I remember the clip has an angled end, you can get a small screwdriver under it and just gently pry it out without any damage. The real problem I had was the mushroom at the end of the damper rod parted from the rod remaining in the slider, got all back together in the end though.

Simon

[MarkB]

The circlips on my Paioli forks have a shallow semi-circular protruding bit just before one end and I got a picture nail behind it. I'd given them a good squirt of WD40 the day before as they were corroded into place.