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It occurs to me, the wires from the dimmer might go to wire nuts in the wall that need to be pulled out. If you end up cutting those black wires you see, that should be just fine, but if you (gently) try pulling the wires out of the wall, you'll probably find they are connected to the house...

I would expect it to open, but it might not. You're replacing it, so it doesn't matter if you destroy it.

Yes. It is genuinely THAT easy.

BTW, your graphic appears to be a three-way switch. You can't use a three way switch on a two way connection. the new switch should only have two connections (plus a ground) as opposed to the three shown in the graphic.

Ron, there's only one pole on a standard (not three-way) light switch. So, if you can't pop open that dimmer and release the wires, then you just cut them off as close to the housing as you can and strip about 1/2" to expose enough wire. If you don't see a bare metal ground wire, then there's...