How to remove DIP ICs from breadboard?

I usually try to leave some room at one end, so I can insert a small screwdriver underneath the IC. Then just lift. Will bend the pins ever so slightly that it doesn't cause problems upon reuse.

Alternatively, Wiha seems to have chiplifters, a bit like a small crowbar:

This will need a bit less room.

On a breadboard, take practically any old pointy thing that will fit in 'the gutter', and nudge it carefully under one end of the chip (that's what the gutter is for!) until it just starts to come up. Then move to the other end, and bring that end up a little more. At that point it should be loose enough to just pluck with your fingers.

Things with short right angles work best. My favorite thing to use is a sort of heavy-duty dental pick I have, that has a right angle with a pointy end about 1/4 inch long. Another article that sometimes works is the corner of blank PC slot covers. In the days of desktops with 8 ISA slot motherboards, these were easier to find, but you can probably still scrounge something.

Personally, I use a small chip lifter or pry bar. Just lifting a little on alternate sides of the chip, until it comes out.