Cleaning Iphone screen?

Glass Plus Wipes are the best for cleaning the iPhone and white Macbook. I also use Mr. Clean Magic Eraser for oily smudges on my Macbook.

Glass Plus Wipes make my phone and its case shiny and spotless.

I use a tiny bit of lens/glass cleaner on mine. Don't spray on the phone itself, spray on a cloth and wipe over to polish up. I find a scrunched up piece of kitchen towel works best.

Lens cleaner or a little windex sprayed on a cloth should take care of things.

As far as I know, it's just optical glass so eyeglass cleaner or camera lens cleaner should be fine. I've used a dab of windex the other day to get some grease smudges off the screen and that worked fine too.

use the foaming glass cleaner for cars that stuff take the oils off

Although Apple discourages the use of cleaning products on the screen, clearly there are some better alternatives than a cloth dampened with water which would do nothing to remove oils and/or residue. My guess is that Apple discourages use of any solvents because of the risk they pose in damaging OTHER parts of the phone, such as the plastic casing or the innards. If the screen is truly made of optical glass without any type of anti-glare coating, isopropyl alcohol would be an extremely safe and effective way to clean and sanitize the glass. However alcohol can crack or "craze" certain types of plastic, so be careful not to get it on other areas of the phone (apply lightly to cloth first). It would be nice if Apple actually explained any of this in detail in the manual.

Perhaps it's why 'microfibre' cloths abound with the new generations of 'sensitive' screens. Certainly 'microfibres' appear to deal well with greasy paw-prints! 😉

Do microfiber cloths magically disinfect as well? I don't think so. Which brings up another issue : How do you clean a microfiber cloth? Unlike a T-shirt, you can't toss it in the washer and dryer. How many cleanings does it take before the microfiber cloth is a disgusting bacteria ladden rag itself? Hmmm.....

"Do microfiber cloths magically disinfect as well? I don't think so."

I've looked and looked and looked and looked and nowhere in the iPhone User Guide could I find the word 'bacteria' or even 'bacterium'. Removing dirt from the touch-screen which impairs operation is one thing while removing sources of POSSIBLE infection (requiring 'disinfection') is (surely) a 'lifestyle' (if not an OCD or OCCD) issue and nothing at all to do with iPhone operation?

"How many cleanings does it take before the microfiber cloth is a disgusting bacteria ladden rag itself? Hmmm....."

Again, how do bacteria affect the operation of the iPhone??? If it is nothing to do with iPhone operation then what has it to do with this forum?

Perhaps I do have borderline OCD. In fact, I usually wash my hands after going to the bathroom. I also try to avoid having sick children handle my iphone, although facemelter is a whole lot of fun to play with a 7 year old. In any case, I am merely pointing out that there are more effective ways to clean the phone should anybody desire that. To summarize, the microfiber cleaning cloth or a water dampened T-shirt can be used for light cleaning. Every now and then it might be nice to do a more thorough cleaning. Especially if you work in a hospital, or are a school teacher, or understand biology and chemistry.

Over and out...

Lightsound wrote:
How do you clean a microfiber cloth? Unlike a T-shirt, you can't toss it in the washer and dryer.

Sure you can. I do it all the time.

A few years ago at a Macworld Expo I picked up some iKlear cloths - they work the best, on the iPhone as well as on your monitor screen! Its a 2-step process... one that seems to have an alcohol based cleaner (because it evaporates so quickly) on it and a second that is a polishing cloth which really gets rids of any smudging. They are packed in individual packets - so you can throw them in your bag, use them and then dispose...