If it is engaged the door will not open from the inside by design.
Front door wont open from inside or outside.
There will either be a screw in the center of the handle or a retaining clip on the back side of the handle.
This is usually easier to do from the inside especially if you ve got either harsh weather or glaring sunlight outside.
Remove the window crank in cars with manual windows.
If there are no gaps anywhere around the door you may have swollen wood or frozen hardware.
How to fix an exterior door that won t open.
Remove the inner door handle.
Look for a screw in the bezel under the handle lever.
Then the door stopped opening altogether.
Eventually it just stopped opening from the outside completely and someone would have to open it from the inside.
You can take a long screw driver of piece of drill rod and manipulate the lever that opens the latch to get the door open and make repairs as needed.
Gaps along the top of the door on the doorknob side and along the bottom on the.