eg climate control lights! help please

the little blue lights should just pull out like so... correct? i can't get them out... do i have to take the white part off or something? i know on a cluster they twist out the back, but i can't get the white part off the climate control to even try that.. when i try to get it off it feels like i'm gonna break it!
btw, thats not my picture.

btw, thats not my picture.