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Your laptop screen is not only an invaluable window into the online world, but also a magnet for all kinds of particles and detritus - ranging from ancient food stains caused by wayward spaghetti bolognese flicks to dust and invisible microbes and bacteria.

With the novel coronavirus having recently been found to survive on certain surfaces for several days, its more crucial than ever to clean your laptop screen properly.

LCD laptop screens are very sensitive, with many of them lacking the layer of protection that glass screens on old CRT monitors used to have.

So do not use glass cleaner, window cleaner, or other harsh products on your screen.

Thats not to say that you shouldnt use alcohol-based cleaners on any laptop screen however.

If killing off germs is your main concern then isopropyl cleaner is fine to use on non-oleophobic screens (usually touchscreens).

Isopropyl is quite mild as alcohol-based solvents go, and widely used for its antibacterial and antiviral properties.

Image credit: Shutterstock) You can use 99 isopropyl, but if youre feeling cautious about it being too strong, you can just as well use 75 or gentler stuff instead.

In fact, isopropyl diluted down as far as 60 with purified water can even be more effective than 99.9 isopropyl, because the water makes the solution better at permeating microorganism cell walls and slows the solvents evaporation time, increasing the time it spends in contact with the microorganism.

Do not spray your screen cleaner directly onto your laptop screen.

Instead, spray or dab the cleaner onto a microfiber cloth, then from there gently wipe it onto your laptop screen in small circular motions or from one end to the other.

Do not drench your cloth in the cleaning solution, just dampen it.

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Isopropyl is an effective germ-killer, but doesnt have any anti-static or specifically anti-streak properties that dedicated screen cleaners contain.

So after (or instead of) wiping your laptop screen with isopropyl, you should use a non-alcoholic screen cleaner to finish the job.

Gently rub the cloth around your laptop screen, making sure you do not press down too hard.

Ecomoist and WHOOSH are two of the more popular laptop screen cleaners, though therell be plenty of similar ones out there that probably work just as well.

Theyre alcohol-free, biodegradable, and their anti-static formulation will keep those dust particles off your screen for a bit longer.

We also think its a nice touch that Ecomoist bottles are designed to be refilled, and you can actually buy refills directly from Ecomoist so that youre using the same spray bottle over and over again.

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