I'm nearly positive you have to break it off since there seems to be two spots for screws to hold it on after you break it (the spot where I believe it snaps off are the very thin metal point beneath the screw holes), I've just never had a case that required that before so I want to make sure that's correct before I do it.
Here's a picture to more clearly show what I mean (I'm asking about the actually metal blank cover, not the mesh one that sits onto of this):
Thanks for any help!
Here's a picture to more clearly show what I mean (I'm asking about the actually metal blank cover, not the mesh one that sits onto of this):

Thanks for any help!