An electronic pin pulling tool has an elongated shank having opposite hook and handle ends. A pin engagement tip extends transversely from the hook end of the shank and has a free end, an opposite shank end, an outer pushing surface facing away from the handle end and an inner pulling surface facing the handle end of the shank. The shank end of the tip is recessed inwardly from the pushing surface by a distance generally equal to the distance between the pushing and pulling surfaces to facilitate insertion of the tip into the open end of an electronic pin with minimal inclination of the shank relative to the pin. To accommodate a particular pin size, the transverse distance from the free end of the tip of the tool to the opposite surface of the shank in the plane of the inner pulling surface is greater than the inside diameter of the lip of the pin and less than the inside diameter of the sleeve of the pin.