We spend a lot of time looking at our desktop monitors and laptop displays. Unfortunately, computer screens attract all manner of dust, fingerprints, and grime, which can be distracting and unsightly.

Protect your monitors and make scrolling much more pleasant by cleaning them regularly. This is how to clean a computer monitor without leaving streaks and smudges behind.

You probably look into it more than your life partner’s eyes, yet when you stare at your computer screen, you’re doing so through smudges, lint, and grime that make websites harder to read and put ...

Even for people who are fastidiously clean, electronics-obsessed or just plain old germaphobic, keeping a laptop screen clean can feel like an insurmountable and never-ending chore. Laptop screens get ...

It’s easy to ignore a dusty or smudged computer screen—until the glare from a nearby window makes every fingerprint and dust particle impossible to overlook. Whether you use a desktop monitor or a ...

Displays on your laptop, phone, or desktop monitor just love to collect fingerprints and other dirt. Can you wipe them off ...

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Make sure you have a microfiber cloth handy, and you won't go wrong mixing equal parts isopropyl alcohol and water. Reading time 2 minutes Have a dirty Mac or MacBook screen? You’re not the only one.

Mary-Elisabeth is an associate writer on CNET's How-To team. She's a recent graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill's English Department, and resides in Charlotte, North Carolina. On the How-To team, she covers a ...