More room for life.How to Clean Your Desk and Keep It Organised
Clear it, dust with a damp cloth, then wipe the top the way its surface needs. Laminate, timber, glass and standing desks, tech, cables and organising.
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Home office
Home office cleaning guides
A desk collects more than dust: skin oils on the keyboard, fingerprints on the screen, crumbs in the keys and a chair that is wiped less often than the kitchen bench. These guides take the workspace one piece at a time, with the products the makers allow. Start with the desk, which covers the routine, then the two things you touch most.
8 guides · Edited by Huy Hoang · Updated
FIND YOUR PROBLEM
What are you seeing?
Start with the symptom and go straight to the guide.
| What you’re seeing | The guide for it |
|---|---|
| Sticky or crumb-filled keys | How to Clean a Keyboard |
| A smudged or streaky monitor | How to Clean a Computer Screen |
| A grubby laptop keyboard or vents blowing warm | How to Clean Your Laptop Safely |
| A grey, matted mouse pad | How to Clean a Mouse Pad (and Your Mouse) |
| A chair seat that looks dull or stained | How to Clean an Office Chair |
| Ghosting on the whiteboard that will not wipe off | How to Clean a Whiteboard |
| Earbuds that sound muffled or look waxy | How to Clean Headphones and Earbuds |
| Dust back on the desk within a day | How to Get Rid of Dust — and Stop It Coming Straight Back |
START HERE
Where to start.
- How to Clean Your Desk and Keep It OrganisedThe whole workspace in one pass, surface by surface, with a daily, weekly and monthly routine.
- How to Clean a KeyboardKeys off or keys on, crumbs and oils, without wetting the switches.
- How to Clean a Computer ScreenA smudged monitor without the sprays that strip the coating.
The desk and home office cleaning series8 guides, in order
Desk and workspace
The surfaces, the chair and the board.
More room for life.More room for life.How to Clean an Office Chair
Vacuum, then check the cleaning code: soapy foam on W fabric and mesh, a solvent on S, vacuum only on X. Leather, PU, armrests, castors and smells too.
Read the guideMore room for life.How to Clean a Whiteboard
Erase, spray with whiteboard cleaner, then dry with a second cloth. How to shift ghosting and permanent marker, clean glass boards, and what ruins a board.
Read the guideDevices
Keyboard, screen, mouse, headphones and the laptop, each with what its maker allows.
More room for life.How to Clean a Keyboard
Unplug it, tip out the crumbs, blow between the keys and wipe with a barely damp cloth. Plus washing mechanical keycaps, sticky keys and spills.
Read the guideMore room for life.How to Clean a Computer Screen
Dust it dry, then wipe with a microfibre cloth barely damp with distilled water. What each monitor brand allows, and the cleaners that strip a coating.
Read the guideMore room for life.How to Clean a Mouse Pad (and Your Mouse)
Hand-wash a cloth mouse pad in warm water with a little dish soap, rinse and air-dry it flat for 24 hours. Plus RGB, glass and desk mats, and the mouse.
Read the guideMore room for life.How to Clean Headphones and Earbuds
Brush the mesh dry, wipe with a barely damp cloth and rinse silicone tips in plain water. Apple's AirPods steps, foam tips, ear cushions and what to avoid.
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How to Clean Your Laptop Safely
Screens, keyboards and vents each need a different approach. What is safe on a coated display, and the cleaner that will strip it.
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