How do you clean the keyboard of your laptop / computer? / myLot

Australia

December 7, 2018 3:44am CST

The keyboard is certainly not the cleanest part of any laptop. How can we clean it? I just tip it over to get rid of dirt and give it a little shake. Occasionally use a cloth to wipe it. I've seen some people use a brush to clean between the keys. What's a reliable way of cleaning the keyboard?

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Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43910)

• Cambridge, England

7 Dec 18

Turning it upside down and shaking gently will get some of the dust and muck out but a blast of compressed air (you can buy cans of compressed air or you can use a vacuum cleaner if it has the ability to change to nozzle from suck to blow) does a much better job. To clean the surface of the keys and the body of the lap-top, use a clean, lint-free cloth just moistened with plain soap and water or use a proprietary screen cleaner applied to the cloth, not directly to the screen or keyboard.

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Pitstop

@pitstop (14093)

• Australia

7 Dec 18

That 8s very useful info. I do have a screen cleaner which I can use.

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Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43910)

• Cambridge, England

7 Dec 18

@pitstop I find that screen cleaner works very well on the hard stuff that gets on my keyboard.from constant typing.

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Astri luthfi laila fitri

@Astriandromeda (68)

• Karawaci, Indonesia

7 Dec 18

I have opened the keyboard to clean, maybe this is not simple and I have to use a vacuum cleaner, but I chose to open it because I want to know what's inside

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Pitstop

@pitstop (14093)

• Australia

7 Dec 18

A mini vacuum cleaner sounds good.

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Astri luthfi laila fitri

@Astriandromeda (68)

• Karawaci, Indonesia

7 Dec 18

@pitstop yes, maybe I Will use it next time