How to Clean Apple Watch Strap Properly

This practical guide walks through how to clean Apple Watch Strap Properly. It organizes the required steps, settings, and checks so you can complete the task with fewer mistakes.

Many people may not notice or care, but our Apple Watch strap is a place that harbors many bacteria and needs to be cleaned regularly. Apple Watch bands come in many types, and they have different levels of cleaning, from easy to difficult to clean. But here, how we have to clean, how to clean the strap and Apple Watch, we are not sure we have done it properly.

A newly published study has shown that Apple Watch straps are 95% covered in bacteria. What was surprising to the researchers was that 85% of the straps studied contained Staphylococcus spp, bacteria that can cause Staph infections (a type of bacteria that enters through an open wound causing infection).

Genuine Apple Watch straps will have a series of numbers at the latch

Researchers are particularly concerned about Pseudomonas spp and intestinal bacteria found on Apple Watch, as they can cause some serious health problems. So start cleaning your Apple Watch with the methods below.

Things You Should Not Prepare Before Cleaning the Apple Watch Strap

• Do not clean your strap with detergents or abrasive cloths
• Do not use Clorox wipes or alcohol on leather or fabric straps
• Do not soak the leather strap in water or detergent
• Do not use hydrogen peroxide or bleach

The best items for cleaning Apple Watch bands

• Microfiber cleaning cloth or similar
• Alcohol-based wipes with silicone straps, 70% strength wipes are best.
• Dental floss toothpick
• UV disinfection lamp (if available)

Steps to Clean Apple Watch Strap

The first thing to do is remove the strap from your Apple Watch.

Wipe clean with a clean microfiber cloth, lightly dampening the cloth with clean water if necessary, note that you can use mild detergent on silicone, rubber or metal bands.

To disinfect silicone, rubber or metal bands, use a 70% alcohol wipe or soak a soft microfiber cloth in 70% isopropyl/ethyl alcohol and wipe clean.

To disinfect straps of any material, you can use a UV disinfection lamp - but you should also note that UV disinfection lamps can age leather straps faster or fade fabric straps faster..

Dental floss picks are used to remove hard-to-reach residue, or you can use small plastic objects to remove residue.

Once you've finished cleaning, you can use a towel to dry the cloth band and let the leather band dry completely before reinstalling it on your Apple Watch.

With straps such as rubber straps, silicone straps and metal straps, cleaning will be much easier than leather straps and fabric straps. And they are also appreciated for their more aesthetic appeal, but in winter, a leather or fabric strap will be more popular.