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A foldable acrylic intraocular lens with a 6.0 mm optic was freed from its position by viscodissection and moved into the anterior chamber. A 4.5 mm straight slit was cut at each optic–haptic junction on opposite sides. This pair of parallel cuts generated 3 IOL segments in an S configuration that remained connected. The IOL was grasped by 1 haptic and removed as a single piece.