How to Clean Your Screen & Keyboard Safely

Last updated: May 17, 2025

The right way to clean monitors, laptop screens, keyboards, touchscreens, and mice without causing damage. Uses Windex with Vinegar on microfiber cloth.

Overview

Clean your screen and keyboard the right way without scratching or damaging them.

What this helps with

What to expect: Easy difficulty • usually about 10-15 minutes.

This is one of 45 How To Guides fixes in the WindowsHelper library. The full step-by-step fix for this is in the WindowsHelper app.

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