OK, great choice. But here's a much better one: find some junk, a bad motherboard or videocard, you should be able to find those things very cheap or even free. Learn to properly solder on that junk, then do it on stuff that you use/care.

Oh, I have such things, but again, I don't want to practice on them in case I develop the skill to fix them someday.

Nevermind, just trying for a little light, ironic humor. Should have known better.

Solder wick works a bit better when it's got some flux (paste or liquid) to work with, but sometimes the solder mix you're trying to remove will be garbage, and you may need to add more new solder to it in order to wick it up. There are plenty of good guides on Youtube, but in my opinion, Voultar is the Saint of Soldering.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiUAFHtzv_2xJHEjWIk1fOw

Meanwhile I paid thousands of dollars for an electronic engineering degree that has earned me $0.00 in the past twelve years. But hey, I can fix cracked PCBs, provided they're single layer, or front/back boards.