Regular PC maintenance keeps your computer operating smoothly for years - here are a few simple ways to care for your tech.

If you haven't been organizing and discarding files as you go, it's likely your hard drive is stuffed with downloads, unwanted photos, file copies and other digital dust bunnies. This can reveal ...

Computer monitors get dirty pretty fast! They’re excellent magnets for dust, dirt, fingerprints, and the occasional grime. A dirty monitor impairs your viewing experience and allows for germs to ...

Computer screens take a lot of abuse. Between sneezes, fingerprint smears, and plain old dust, they can get pretty filthy. It’s bad enough when your screen loses its luster during Zoom calls or makes ...

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 ...

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 ...

There's no way around it, everyone has a dirty keyboard. Sure, it's full of food crumbs, dust balls and all other things described as loose particles. But it's then there's also the pet hair, loose ...

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.

When was the last time you cleaned your mousepad? Hopefully, it was recently because — considering how much time many of us spend at our computers — it's used constantly, which means it's also ...

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 ...