How to clean and disinfect wireless headphones

With this coronavirus and home confinement, surely you are using headphones a lot more than before. Or to listen to music more calmly, podcasts like Connecting, YouTube videos, video games or simply to not disturb the rest of your family or your neighbor.

How to clean and disinfect wireless headphones

As you know, headphones come in many types and prices. Wired, wireless, cheap, expensive… but regardless of all this, they all deserve the same care, especially now that we can't go out and buy new ones. For this, just as we have learned to clean and disinfect our cell phones and other technological devices such as tablets, it is It's time to find out how to clean and disinfect wireless headphones.




How to clean and disinfect our wireless headphones

How to clean and disinfect wireless headphones

While there are still fierce supporters of wired headphones, we can't deny that wireless devices have grown in popularity in recent years, especially since the advent of Apple's AirPods. Although the advantages of this type of accessories are not few, we will not be fooled, as a general rule they are not cheap products, from hence the need to know how to clean and disinfect wireless headphones… without breaking them in the process.

As noted in Business Insider's digital media, the first thing to do is remove the ear cushions. Some models like the original AirPods don't have any but others do, like Samsung's Galaxy Buds, the full analysis of which you can check out below. Once this is done, we just have to clean them with a little alcohol and water. Next, with a clean, dry cloth, wipe the headphones and use a toothbrush to remove any dirt that has settled on them.




In the case of the charging base, the most appropriate is to use an ear swab. Thanks to this, we can access any corner of the box, however, we must be careful especially when touching the charging pins. When the earbuds are dry, put them back on the headphones.

As we can see, we only used alcohol on the pads and avoided using any type of liquid on the rest of the device so as not to damage them. But what if my headphones don't have ear cups? How do I disinfect them? Our advice is to clean headphones only with a cloth slightly moistened with alcohol - almost dry - and just the headphones, not the charging base. Of course all this very carefully.


Cleaning a wireless headset is still something like cleaning a cell phone, so the recommendations that apply to one can apply to the other product. Obviously do not use bleach to clean, do not immerse the headphones in the cleaning product, pay attention to the charging pins and above all, check the manufacturer's website and follow the cleaning recommendations for the specific product. There are many things we do wrong when cleaning a tech product, so we need to learn how to do it right.




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