It’s always a good thing to have a microfiber cloth as they’re also handy for cleaning all sorts of screens and lenses, like smartphones, tablets and cameras. If you use a paper towel, toilet paper, T-shirt or another type of cloth, it will leave tiny particles on your screen and could even scratch it. Turning off the laptop will also allow you to see dirt, dust, and grime better because you're working with a dark surface. Interfering with any pixels while they're still firing could mean big problems for your laptop further down the line. Cleaning a screen that's in use can result in permanent damage, so to be on the safe side, shut your laptop down, don't just put it to sleep. The simple fact that food, drinks, and greasy hands are never far away, means that the risk of messy splatters and fingerprint smudges is always there.

When it comes to keeping your laptop screen clean, we all know it’s an uphill battle. Here's the right way to clean your laptop computer screen