What is the best way to clean a laptop screen? Are special precautions needed to clean it?

Answer 1

Just use a soft tissue or soft cloth and use either windex or even water to just clean your screen.

You wont scratch it, its okay.

Answer 2

"A nice homemade concoction for the cleaning fluid is to get something around 50% isopropyl alcohol. Isopropyl alcohol is a nice all purpose cleaner that can also be used to clean your heatsink. You can find 90% pure isopropyl alcohol at a local drugstore, but DO NOT USE it at full strength!! Mix at least 1 part water to 1 part of the alcohol to water it down. This approximately 50% mixture is the recommended cleaning method by Apple! Everyone that we've recommended this to has told us it worked EXCELLENETLY!
Do not use any harsh detergents, especially anything like Windex or any product that contains amonia. Strong cleaning and amonia products can etch the screen surface and can cause the plastic to become cloudy or streaked.
Clean using very, very soft cloths. Some people swear by microfiber polymer cloths (also used to clean camera optics), but others use something as simple as a clean sock (flipped inside out). Usually we recommend you stay away from anything even remotely abbrasive, such as paper towels, or old clothes.
Commercial products DO exist to help clean your screen: you can find LCD cleaning pads at local stores like Fry's, Futureshop, etc.
Some people use "Nice'n'Clean" or "Klear Screen", but the 50/50 water/isopropyl alcohol is usually just as good and cheaper (actually, Klear-Screen and many other cleaners are often just a 40-50% isopropyl alcohol solution).
Never EVER try to peel or scratch off any dried "gunk" from your LCD. Use a cleaning solution... it works, trust us!"

Answer 3

I have a Dell and the owner's manual says NOT to use alcohol. So I recommend any commercially prepared wipe or cleaner made for computer screens. They come with a guarantee and/or warranty so if something bad DOES happen to the screen, you will have some protection.

Why are people so cheap when it comes to their computer investment? All because they don't want to spend $5.00 for a box of computer screen cleaning wipes??!!??? Somebody please explain that to me! Hell, if you're real careful you could probably spray the computer down with a garden hose. Used judiciously, you can wash away all those food crumbs in between the keys while you're at it.

Answer 4

You can try the cleaning fluid you buy at an eye glass place. It's mild enough not to damage your screen. Just make sure to spray the cloth first, and then wipe the screen. This helps prevent the fluid from seeping into the computer.

Answer 5

Never use any spray cleaner on a PC screen. I recommend 'Supercloth' available at QVC. It is a man made cloth that you simply wet and then wipe any surface and get it sparkling clean. Never scratches and is excellent on PC screen, TV's, car windows and even polishing furniture. Just rinse it and hang to dry.

Answer 6

you can take a baby whipe to it. Laptop screens are just as easy to clean as your TV. if anything consult your user manual.

Answer 7

use a rag and spray windex on it and wipe your screen off make sure to avoid the keys

Answer 8

spray a gentle dilluted cleaner into a silk clothes,, never spray detergent directly on screen.. this is valid for any tv too..

Answer 9

Be very, very careful!

You can use a spray duster, or you can use isopropyl alcohol on a lens cloth if there's goop to be removed!

Good luck!

Answer 10

wipe it with a moist cloth like those wet napkins thats all.