Can you remove the plastic ignition lever/guard around the ignition lock on a 2002 Ford F150?

In my 02 F150 there's a plastic sleeve thing around the ignition lock that the key fits into. Is it possible to remove this and reinstall it without breaking it? How?

Yes. It just clips in to the key cylinder, but to remove it you will have to remove the steering column shroud to pull the key cylinder off and then work on popping it off from there.