How to clean your computer keyboard simply and incredibly clean

The computer keyboard is the place we use the most every day! Do you think it is clean enough? Just looking at it with the naked eye, you can see that it contains a lot of dirt, not to mention other things like bread crumbs, hair, animal hair that stick to it, if removed, will also scare you. So how to clean the keyboard? Let's refer to the article below with Hacom!

How to clean computer keyboard

Clean the outside of the keyboard with a brush or cleaning brush

Using a cleaning brush, or even a small paint brush, to clean the keyboard is a simple yet extremely effective way to remove dirt and large foreign objects stuck in the gaps on the keyboard. 

This operation is simple but quite meticulous because on the computer keyboard there are many gaps between the keys. If you are careful, it will take you 10 minutes to do this operation. 

Note, use soft brushes, avoid using hard bristle brushes such as laundry brushes to scrub hard to avoid breaking the keys or connecting pins of the keys. While scrubbing the keys, you can tilt the keyboard or turn it upside down and pat it gently to knock out the dirt. This will help the process of cleaning the computer keyboard more effectively and cleanly.

Use nasal spray to clean the keyboard

It may sound a bit unhygienic, but keyboard cleaning nasal mucus is not the body's nasal mucus. This can be understood as a gel that has the effect of retaining dirt on the keys or keyboard slots. The price of this type of keyboard nasal mucus is quite cheap, on e-commerce platforms, its price is less than 10 thousand VND and can be reused many times.

How to use the keyboard cleaning gel is also quite simple. After taking out the nasal cleaning gel, press the gel firmly on the keyboard and roll it back and forth so that the gel flows into the gaps and sticks to the dirt. Then lift the gel up and you will see that the surface and gaps of the keyboard are effectively cleaned. The dirt will stick to the cleaning gel. Continue to do this in other areas of the keyboard.

Testing the effectiveness of keyboard cleaning gel

Use cotton swabs to clean the keyboard

This method will take a bit of time, so it is recommended for those who are careful, meticulous and persistent. If you do not have the magic nasal gel to clean the keyboard, you can use cotton swabs - this is an item that most families have available. Cleaning the keyboard with cotton swabs is very easy. First, moisten the cotton tip with alcohol or water, then use the cotton swab to rub the keys and gaps to clean the dirt.

Tip: When cleaning your computer keyboard with a cotton swab, pressing down on the keys will open up more of the key area for easier cleaning.

Remove all keycaps and clean the keyboard thoroughly.

This is the most recommended way if you are using a mechanical keyboard (normal keyboards can also apply this method). This is the way to help you refresh the entire keyboard, the most thorough cleaning, of course it is also the most laborious. If you don't have much time, you can do a general cleaning during Tet holiday as a way to clean up your gear at the end of the year.

First, remove all the keycaps on the keyboard with the key puller. A small note before removing the keys is that you need to take a picture of the keyboard layout to avoid the case when installing it, you don't know where to install the keys, in which position.

After removing the keys, you can use a toothbrush to clean the keycaps with diluted soapy water or alcohol. After cleaning, wipe clean with a dry cloth.

As for the keyboard, you can use a brush and a damp cloth to clean the dust inside. If you are careful, you can use a cotton swab to clean the narrow gaps.

Under the keycaps is a disaster for those who are lazy to clean the keyboard.

Finish the process of re-installing the keycaps into the keyboard. You can follow the whole process in the video tutorial below:

Lesley Montoya

Update 16 January 2025