What most people fail to think of is that instead of buying new keyboards every time they break down, why not just clean them often and save yourself a huge amount of money in the long run? These ...

Just two weeks ago, it finally came time to replace my seven-year-old MacBook Pro. I'd lost hours of work watching the spinning wheel of death, but the last nail in the coffin was my D, F, and C keys ...

We cover the best computer cleaning kits today. First up, congratulations on finally doing something about that dirty keyboard. We’re sure it’s been a long time coming, and we can tell you now that ...

Hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes are having something of a moment. And while we're all spritzing our hands with alcohol multiple times per day and wiping down the doorknobs, it can be easy to ...

Late-night snacks and caffeine-powered drinks are often our closest companions while we’re typing away at our computers: They fuel the ideas and thoughts that we input one keystroke at a time. But if ...

Right up there with your phone, computer keyboards are one of the most-touched surfaces in homes and offices everywhere—meaning they’re also one of the germiest. In fact, one 2018 study found 96% of ...

You will want to get your hands off of your grimy keyboard after reading this. In 2008, microbiologist James Francis swabbed 33 keyboards, a toilet seat and a toilet door handle in an office for Which ...

My keyboard, perhaps like your keyboard, gets rather dirty. From working on it and traveling with it to eating food over its precious surface, it is my fault debris accumulates among its keys. And yet ...

We tend to focus on cleaning the germ-filled screens of our tech devices, from our phones to our tablets, and yes, even our laptops. When it comes to laptops, the keyboard can be a dust magnet. What's ...

Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. I'll confess: my MacBook's keyboard has seen ...