MacBook Air M2 keyboard ghost-typing issue not detected by diagnostics

hai.. im using a MacBook Air m2, and its facing a keyboard ghost-typing issue wherein a single key keeps on being pressed even though there's not any input from the user. upon running the diagnostics from startup options, no issues where found...

Posted on Aug 27, 2026 1:16 PM

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Posted on Aug 27, 2026 2:53 PM

A clean Apple Diagnostics result doesn’t necessarily rule out an intermittent keyboard problem.


I’d first shut the Mac down and carefully clean around the affected key with compressed air using Apple’s method. Don’t remove the keycap yourself. Apple’s instructions are here: How to clean the keyboard of your MacBook or MacBook Pro - Apple Support


If the same key keeps registering by itself afterward, especially at the login screen or in different apps, I’d have Apple or an Authorized Service Provider inspect the keyboard. That points more toward the key/keyboard hardware than a normal key-repeat setting.

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Aug 27, 2026 2:53 PM in response to vinayakarsh

A clean Apple Diagnostics result doesn’t necessarily rule out an intermittent keyboard problem.


I’d first shut the Mac down and carefully clean around the affected key with compressed air using Apple’s method. Don’t remove the keycap yourself. Apple’s instructions are here: How to clean the keyboard of your MacBook or MacBook Pro - Apple Support


If the same key keeps registering by itself afterward, especially at the login screen or in different apps, I’d have Apple or an Authorized Service Provider inspect the keyboard. That points more toward the key/keyboard hardware than a normal key-repeat setting.

MacBook Air M2 keyboard ghost-typing issue not detected by diagnostics

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