Use a flat screwdriver or plain kitchen knife (not sharp) at the front edge of the ceiling lens first to pry it downward. Slide the knife around the lens edge, prying gently, and then the rear edge should come away. When you replace the lens, put the rear edge in first and then snap the whole thing into place.
NOTE: it is not always the bulb that has failed. 2000 - 2006 Corollas, and those still made in America until 2008, are notorious for the ceiling light switch becoming sloppy because its small inner coiled spring is no longer pushing the brass piece above it upward sufficiently to make proper electrical contact. So when you take off the lens, try operating the switch while pushing gently upward on it. If the light bulb comes on then you need to make a simple addition to the switch. Don't waste money on a new switch because it will eventually have the same problem.
You will see that underneath the moving part of the switch, just beside the actual toggle that you touch, there are two small thin slots about 1/8 inch wide. These are positioned right under the brass contacts on top of the switch.
Get a plastic cable tie that is also 1/8 inch wide and cut a piece out of it about 3/4 inch long. Bend this piece into a U-shape, with its smooth surface on the outside of the U, and insert the ends into the switch slots. You will now have created a U-shaped spring. When you replace the lens and snap it into position, this spring will be pushed upward by the inside face of the lens.
If the light does not work then you need to install a slightly longer piece of cable tie. If the light works but the switch is very stiff to move, then try shortening the piece of cable tie a tiny bit at a time.
It may take a few tries to get the right length of cable tie, but ever since I got this fix just right in my Corolla, it has worked flawlessly for years. :-)
Usually a small flat head screw driver will help you pry open the lens.
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