Got the broken charger plug out of my wall socket, sharing what worked

Had almost the same thing happen with a humidifier plug in the hallway outlet a couple winters back. The plug body cracked right where it met the faceplate, so the two blades stayed in the outlet and all I was holding was a cord. Total panic moment because I'd been running it all night and assumed everything was still hot.

I did the breaker check like you did, but my lamp trick failed me at first. Turns out that hallway outlet was on a different circuit than I thought, so the lamp still lit up after I flipped what I assumed was the right one. Took me a third breaker to find it. Now I always test with something I don't care about, like an old phone charger, just in case. For the actual removal, mine were wedged tighter than yours sounded. The needle nose wouldn't bite because the blades were worn smooth. What finally worked was gently squeezing the blades toward each other with the pliers to take the spring tension off the contacts inside, then pulling straight out. They slid free no problem once I did that. Outlet looked fine afterward, no discoloration, and it's held up for two years since.

One thing I'd add from that whole mess: if a plug ever feels warm when you unplug it normally, replace the plug or the cord before using it again. Mine had been running hot for weeks and that's probly why the plastic got brittle and snapped in the first place.

When the plug on my shop vac snapped clean off in the basement outlet, the blades were stuck so tight my pliers just kept slipping off them. Gave up on that after a few minutes and pulled the whole outlet out of the wall instead, which turned out to be the easier road. Faceplate off, then the two screws holding the body to the box, and it eases out still attached to its wires. From behind, the broken blades were poking out far enough to grab and push straight out the front with the pliers. Maybe five minutes, and I never had to dig around inside the slots with metal tools. Because the outlet hangs by its wires while you do this, I waved one of those voltage pens over the terminals first and one side was still hot. Turned out the top and bottom were on separate breakers, something I never would have caught just checking the socket with a lamp. While I had it out, the slots looked chewed up and loose from years of service, so I swapped in a new outlet anyway. Took a photo of the wiring on my phone before loosening anything, and hooking the new one up took no time.

First time posting here so hope this is allowed, but mine happened in a power strip instead of a wall outlet, wich honestly made it way easier. Unplugged the whole strip from the wall, carried it to the kitchen table, and picked the prongs out under good light with regular tweezers. No breaker hunting, no kneeling on the floor wondering if I flipped the right switch. Do power strips just not get talked about much for this? Felt like the lazy way out but it worked fine.

Mine was a clock radio plug in the bedroom, prongs stuck in there for months because I kept putting it off. What got them out was wrapping a rubber band around the plier handles for extra grip, sounds dumb but my hands were slipping on smooth metal. One other thing I'd say from that experiance: if the prongs came out loose and wiggly, the outlet contacts are worn out. I swapped mine for a new receptacle the same week because a sloppy grip runs hot. Ten dollar part, fifteen minutes with the breaker off, done.

The bit about the wrong breaker hits home for me. Mine weren't labeled when we bought the house, so I spent ages flipping switches while my kid yelled from diffrent rooms about the TV going off. Ended up finding the right one by the fridge going silent. Wrote up a panel map that weekend and it's saved me on every job since. Also second the trick of squeezing the blades togather before pulling, the tension inside is what keeps them clamped in there.