As the AirPods 3 grow in popularity, more and more people wonder how to clean them. Over time, dirt accumulates on the grilles of these headphones as well as in the corners of their casing. No matter how clean we are, it’s inevitable with the bodily waste our skin and ears produce.
It is very easy to resort to instruments that Apple does not recommend at all to do this cleaning, so let’s review how you can clean your new AirPods 3 without risking damaging them.
Cloth, brush and cotton swabs: all you need
To do a general cleaning of both the case and the headphones, it will be enough to rub them using a dry cloth that does not leave residue. I insist: the cloth must be completely dry, it must not be wet or even moistened with water or any other liquid, neither in this step nor in any other of this guide.
To remove debris left on the helmet grille do not fall into the temptation to use sharp objects, such as needles or the tips of pencils or pens. The right thing to do, as Apple mentions in its official guides, is to use a completely dry ear swab and run it through all the corners of these grilles to remove all the dirt.
Finally, we can also use a soft-bristled toothbrush, also dry, to rub it gently in all corners and thus eliminate the most stubborn dirt on the way out. Remember that the brush should have soft, not hard bristles. You can find these brushes in any supermarket or pharmacy.
Be careful when using other materials
In some guides in the past, we showed you how to clean AirPods using adhesive putty (the well-known blu tack), but Apple doesn’t mention it in its recommendations and there are Reddit forums where negative experiences are reported. In any case, you can always use it to remove the dirt stuck to the outside of the case, but it is better not to do it on the grille because there is a risk that the dirt will become even more embedded inside. inside the helmet.
One thing to be very clear about is that we’ll never have AirPods like day one: Your case is scratched with use and loses its original shine after a few months. It is something completely normal and that we will not be able to avoid even with an exhaustive cleaning that can become excessive. In case of minimizing this deterioration, you can always opt for the use of a cover.
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