Hold the earbud face down so gravity can help, and away from your face so no debris gets in your eyes. Use your air canister or dust blower to blow air onto the earbud speaker grille. Start your cleaning with the least invasive method: air. But how? Follow these steps and they'll look shiny like new in no time. So you've got your tools at the ready, and you've locked the padlock on the cupboard of hazardous cleaning products. And a soft, lint-free cloth and/or alcohol wipe can be useful for wiping off any surface debris from the earbuds' plastic shell. You can use other tools like low-tack painting tape, mounting putty and even a mini vacuum cleaner (some are even USB-powered for plugging into your computer) to clean hard-to-reach areas. Metal tools are a no-no, as they could scratch or otherwise damage your earbud. But you can also buy specialist tools like a plastic spudger, which is a wedge-shaped doohickey used to separate certain components without damaging them. A lot of these you'll probably have lying around the house – cotton buds, toothpicks, pipe cleaners and an old toothbrush. The next step up is tools for scraping and poking around. But there's a limit to what these can achieve. The least invasive tools are those that don't come into direct contact with your earbuds, like a spray can of air or a dust blower with a fine tip. The general rule is to start easy and if that doesn't work – and only if – to then progress to the next level of invasiveness. You don't want to poke about in there unless you absolutely have to. Instead, always follow the manufacturer's recommendations.įor example, Apple advises not to use any chemicals – including alcohol wipes – on the AirPods speaker mesh, and to never submerge your headphones in any cleaning agent (pretty obvious when you consider AirPods aren't waterproof anyway).Įven if you're laying off the chemicals, some over-eager poking about could still do some damage, so it's best to use tools that are towards the more gentle end of your toolbox (don't use a screwdriver to chisel earwax out of the speaker grille). You definitely don't want to go all in on the cleaning products, as you could damage your precious earbuds. It might be tempting to reach for the bleach and be done with it, but hold on there, Mrs Hinch.
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