Taking things away from toddler

My daughter (15mo) is becoming more possessive of items. There are some things that she finds that I don’t want her to play with & when I ask her for them, she typically refuses to give them to me. I usually end up prying them out of her hands as she cries for it. I feel like a jerk ripping something out of her hands, and I just don’t know if there’s a better way to go about this.

Any advice on how to deal with this new phase so I don’t feel like such a bully?