Removing Hollow Wall Anchor

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Ok, so I have a tiled 'hollow' wall. Allowing for the thickness of the tile + adhesive + plasterboard thickness I used a hollow wall anchor, (the type that you either use a fixing tool, or tighten a screw to splay the metal out inside the wall). However the anchor, whilst seemingly well anchored to the wall, still shuffles around a bit. I not sure if thats just because the drill hole is slightly bigger than the anchor shaft, (as it had to be to insert it in the first place), or if the metal has splayed out inside the wall and is sitting marginally deeper than the rear face of the plasterboard.

Q1 ) I think if I used a shorter one then when it started to spread it would probably be spreading within the rear face of the plasterboard. Whilst it might give a better grip I'm not sure if this is a good idea as I have visions of the rear face of the plasterboard just splitting as the anchor spreads inside it.

Q2 ) If I did decide to try a shorter anchor, what is the method for removing the damn things? Obviously the inside has spread as a permanent fixture now, so how do you remove it? (and yeah, I guess the clue is in the name "permanent" :rolleyes: ).
Can you drill them out? I'm wondering if I could effectively run a drill down the inside of the anchor and effectively split the front from the back section?

Thanks :confused:
 
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