How do you clean your phone/keyboard?

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#247977 5-Mar-2019 20:15

What is the currently recommended method to clean your phone and keep it germ free as much as possible? I am wary of wipes that might damage the screen/surface etc.

Also keen to know how people clean their keyboards? I have Logitech Keyboards and often feel like they could use a clean, but I am always short on time, and feel like buying a new KB every 12 months is excessive?

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#2191640 5-Mar-2019 21:00

For the phone I just use whichever wipes they provide at work (hotdesking ewwww). Not every day, but probably once a week. (Yes, I'm weird).

For the keyboard I would also be interested in a response. Don't seem to be able to every get it quite clean enough.

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#2191672 5-Mar-2019 21:19

I use baby wipes to wipe the screen and case, then stick it in my pocket to dry it. Mechanical keyboard, I pull the keys off every year or so and clean them, vacuum the keyboard.

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#2191679 5-Mar-2019 21:29

Baby wipes and tissues for my phone. I need to clean my keyboard and I got given one of those green-slime-lift-the-crap-off-things but haven't got around to using it yet.

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#2191744 5-Mar-2019 22:11

Dry soft microfibre cloth for phone, iPad and Mac screen. Wash cloth periodically.

Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.

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#2191823 5-Mar-2019 22:46

Sorry - clean, you say?

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#2191880 6-Mar-2019 06:52

For mobile I just use antibacterial wipes on the case and screen protector.

For the keyboard I put the keyboard in the clothes washer for an hour on a mild temp setting then leave it outside to dry with partial sun.

But seriously I take a photo of the keyboard to know where all the keys go then I pop the keys off with a flat head screwdriver, put them in a big bowl of hot soapy Watterson then sponge each key a little to clean. Transfer to a bowl of clean water (temp is your preference) then transfer on top of a towel to dry, there's different ways to dry them buying prefer to wipe each key down then blow air into the bottom to dislodge any water then to dry with a hair dryer. For the rest of the keyboard you can use isopropyl alcohol with qtips or antibacterial wipes, becareful to not get any liquid inside the keyboard.

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#2191913 6-Mar-2019 08:42

There used to be a putty of some sort that you could smoosh inbetween the keys on a keyboard. Worked really well, but seems to have disappeared from market

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#2191921 6-Mar-2019 09:01

For phone I just wipe it on my shirt and for keyboard I occasionally take it outside and give it a shake to get rid of any crumbs (don't need to do this often as I don't eat over the keyboard).

I had some of that green goo several years ago and it was so-so.

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#2191928 6-Mar-2019 09:23

I now use household glass cleaner or orange pine clean on my mobile with a microfibre cloth

The keyboard gets a shake and tap holding it upside down and small dry paint brush. For grimy keys I use a micro fibre cloth

dampened slightly with Pine clean

However will not use above on my TV screen!

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#2192143 6-Mar-2019 13:02

Hose it off in the back yard.

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#2192165 6-Mar-2019 13:28

After a couple of years I just buy a new one.

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#2193341 8-Mar-2019 08:10

I use a tiny quantity of handwashing liquid (flowing soap) on a damp cotton tea-towel and smear it over the phone and laptop screen.

This nicely lathers up over them.

Then use the other end of the tea-towel and dampen it, then wipe them.

Done it this way for years and seems to work OK (so far anyhow)

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#2193349 8-Mar-2019 08:43

For my phone I spray a disinfectant spray onto a microfibre cloth and wipe all over then wipe with a clean dry cloth. The Keyboards I spray with a disinfectant spray, wipe and allow to dry. We spay all light switches, door handles, surfaces in our vehicles and so on with disinfectant spray. I also have Purel at our front door, all that enter must use and we have it in the home office bathrooms etc.

When out and about I don't put my phone down on surfaces and carry Purel with me.

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#2193353 8-Mar-2019 08:53

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#2193363 8-Mar-2019 08:56

I replace the keyboard when its needed, mouse gets an occasional wipe down but seems to not need it. Phone I will wipe spills off it with a napkin or whatever but doesnt need it.

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