How to remove horseshoe piercing?

Not to sound completely incompetent but I’m having a hard time removing my horseshoe septum and was wondering if there’s a certain way to do it lmao

It’s fully healed, pierced in November, I now wanna switch the jewelry to a hoop, but wow I didn’t expect it to be this difficult!!

Whenever I try to get it out it just flips and than I struggle to un-flip it, I already cleaned it good I think but I’m going to have a shower before I attempt again just to loosen it all up in there, anyone have any pro tips on how to remove this pesky little thing? Thanks!