Here’s how to clean your iPhone

Do you ever feel that your smartphone is dirty? If yes, you'll be surprised to know that a recent study has found that smartphones, sometimes, are dirtier than a toilet seat carrying thousands of germs on it.

A daily habit of cleaning your phones immediately if it comes in contact with anything that might cause stains or other damage for example, dirt or sand, ink, makeup, soap, detergent, acids or acidic foods, or lotions etc is recommended.

Read more: How to clean your Apple Watch — A step-by-step guide

If you are an iPhone user , here's a guideline that may help you:

Best cleaning items to use

1. Use clean microfiber cloth
2. 70% IsoPropyl alcohol or 75% ethyl alcohol can be use
3. You can also use Clorox wipe, Blu tack or flosser pick

Steps to clean iPhone

1. Switch off your iPhone before starting to clean it
2. Make sure all cables and accessories are unplugged
3. Wipe your iPhone with a clean microfiber cloth (add water to the cloth if required)
4. To disinfect your iPhone use a Clorox wipe
5. Use a flosser pick gently to break and remove tough to reach spots
6. You can also use UV smartphone cleaners for e.g PhoneSoap to clean your iPhone

Don’ts

1. Don’t spray directly on the phone screen but on a cloth first
2. Don’t use cleaning sprays containing bleach or Hydrogen peroxide
3. Don’t use compressed air
4. Don’t leave any cable plugged in iPhone when cleaning
5. Don’t spray cleaning products into iPhone ports

Before 2020, Apple didn’t mention using alcohol or Clorox wipes on iPhone but later it shared that these both chemicals can be used.