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Introduction |
| Over time, keyboards tend to accumulate dust, grease, and other debris from our fingers. This makes them a great place for germs to hang out, and can ultimately lead to sticky or otherwise malfunctioning keys. This guide will show you how to clean your laptop keyboard. | | | Example photos are taken with a MacBook Pro keyboard, but these techniques apply to just about any laptop keyboard. | | '''If you have an Apple laptop made in 2016with a “butterfly” keyboard (as on any 2015+ MacBook or 20172016+ MacBook Pro), we don't recommend attempting to remove keys from your keyboard.''' The butterfly mechanism and the extra-thin key caps are particularly fragile and difficult to remove intact. If you have keyboard problems with an Apple laptop made in 2016 or 2017, you may qualify for the [https://www.apple.com/support/keyboard-service-program-for-macbook-and-macbook-pro/|Keyboard Service Program]. | | | This guide begins with routine maintenance cleaning steps, and progresses to deep cleaning techniques. Feel free to stop wherever you feel satisfied. Or, if you’re here for a specific problem, you can skip straight to it: | | | [guide|117547|Loose Debris|stepid=228358][br] | | [guide|117547|Grease & Grime|stepid=228360][br] | | [guide|117547|Sticky Keys|stepid=228361] |
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