Word for removing tape

You peel tape off the surface that it is sticking to.

What word could be used if the process is less mechanical, like using chemicals or hot water to make it come off?

Soak off would be more appropriate for water and not for chemicals, right? In the dictionary I read some other words, unstick, detach, unfix. Would one of these be appropriate?

Thank you Clive and AlpheccaStars

Geoyo did you get your answer? i did not.

Hello Belfi,

well I'm not quite satisfied, but I suppose there is no better word, is there? Where I'm from (Germany), we have one major word for it, it's called 'ablösen' (it means to detach in a gently manner, without damaging anything. It literally means: to solve). It describes the process perfectly, there is no other word for it, so it's quite simple. I hoped there would be a similar

The closest I can come is "lift", but it needs a little help from the sentence. "He lifted the sticker off his bumper by soaking it in acetone." "He lifted the sticker off his bumper" does not get you there.

geoyoSoak off would be more appropriate for water and not for chemicals, right? In the dictionary I read some other words, unstick, detach, unfix. Would one of these be appropriate?

You can dissolve the adhesive in a chemical bath, and then lift the tape off the surface.