removing center console from 04 cavalier with automatic transmission

Please help...I am wanting to remove the middle console of my 04 cavalier...I have done searches on the net but only come up with removing the middle console with a manual shift. I am wanting to paint this and would like to remove it. Any suggestions would be helpful, thanks.

There should be a little U-clip in the shifter somewhere, prolly the front. Pup this out and them remove all the screws inside the console it self... piece of cake, there may also be some tension retainers, but i doubt it.

I will give that a try then, hopefully I wont screw it up.

There should be 4 or 5 10mm screws holding it in, one up in the coin tray infront o fthe shifter, one under the powerwindow swtich(or coin cubbie if you dont have PW, and 2 under the lid in the console compartment.

Do I need to remove the automatic gear shift knob?

I want to remove the gear shift knob also so I can pull the whole console up. So, how do I remove the gear shit knob?