When you buy a new laptop, you’ll find that it almost always comes with a number of stickers under the keyboard area, almost always to highlight some of its outstanding technical characteristics, such as the fact that it embeds an Intel Core processor or a dedicated AMD graphics card. You might be tempted to remove these stickers but are there any you should always leave? The answer is yes, and we’ll tell you which ones and why.
Laptop stickers are often boring. They can rub against your wrists when you’re using the computer, with the heat from our hands and the laptop itself, they can start to peel off and even move, and of course they’re a collection of bacteria, so again you might be tempted to delete them ASAP. you buy the laptop However, there are certain stickers that you should not remove, and you will soon understand why.
What stickers do laptops usually have?
As we have already mentioned as an example, laptops almost always have stickers that indicate the processor and graphics card that the device has, although many times others are added that indicate technical characteristics outstanding, such as THX audio or keyboard made by some reputable ones. maker.
these stickers you can delete them if you want without any problem, because they contribute absolutely nothing except that, indicate some of the characteristics or pieces of material that the equipment assembles. Some users might want to keep them for aesthetic reasons or for pure “gesticulation”, to show that they have a laptop equipped with the latest technology, but really, in general, they are only used to annoy and accumulate bacteria, reasons why it is actually advisable to delete them. .
The best way to remove them is to apply heat (with a hair dryer, but at a minimum and from a distance so as not to damage them) then to lift them with a plastic tool (never use a cutter or screwdriver as you could scratch the laptop) or, for example, with a credit card or the like. Then it is advisable to clean the area with Isopropylic alcohol to remove all traces of adhesive from the surface of the laptop and make it look like you’ve never had any stickers.
The stickers that should not be removed from the laptop
However, as we told you at the beginning, there are some stickers that it is advisable to leave on the laptop, more to have them on hand than anything else. If you decide to delete them, we recommend that you save them somewhere you can find them later, as they can be very useful. Not all laptops carry one, but we refer to stickers that contain a QR Code.
For example, in the image above, you can see the stickers that a Lenovo Legion 5 laptop brings, which includes that of its AMD Ryzen 7 processor, integrated AMD Radeon graphics, or its dedicated NVIDIA RTX graphics; however, you can also see that on top of all this there is a sticker with a QR code that says “eSupport”, and if we scan it with a mobile phone, it will take us directly to the support website from the manufacturer, where without having to enter data or search, we can now access everything related to the specific laptop we have, such as drivers, FAQs and even to deal with the warranty.
So, now you know, if your laptop has a sticker similar to the one we showed you, it is recommended that you leave it on or if you remove it, store it somewhere that will allow you to use it later if You need it.
