You can’t remove the brushbar from the vacuum cleaner head. That’s one thing I really love about the Dyson because we have so much hair. I’m always taking it out and cleaning it every time I vacuum. You need to cut off any string, hair or whatever that’s wrapped around while the bar is still in the cleaner head. That’s why I got frustrated with my canister. This won’t be a problem if you don’t have a lot of long hair.