latches

I have an ASUS Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WIFI motherboard. It works fine, but, I want to remove and reorganize a few PCI cards. It seems to release the slot latches would require enough force to break things. Has anyone encountered this, and possibly have suggestions on how to move the latches...

Will my socket work correctly without them? Will it not work without these shutters? https://1drv.ms/i/s!AvJ9ctgtDTWShB1Qfo5x4CvBXrK7?e=IB7Sa8