How to Clean Your Computer Mouse

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By Angelgirlpj
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When your computer mouse gets dirty it can skip around the screen and make it hard to do things. Let me show you how to clean your computer mouse. Cleaning your computer mouse is easy and necessary.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Thunder blast degreaser
Window cleaner
Paper towel
Q-tip

Step 1

Dirty Computer Mouse

Does your computer mouse look like this or even worse? If it does you need to clean it today :+)
Step 2

Top of computer mouse

First you want to get newspaper or paper towel out to lay your dirty mouse on.
Step 3

Bottom of computer mouse

Turn your mouse over. Take the back off turning counter clockwise.
Step 4

Tracking ball

Once you have the back to your computer mouse off take the tracking ball out.
Step 5

Clean tracking ball and rollers

I sprayed my tracking ball with window cleaner.
*I had paper towel in one hand, laid the tracking ball in my hand and sprayed away.
*Roll the tracking ball around to remove dirt and dust it collects from the mouse pad.
*Clean circle thing that holds your tracking ball in place with paper towel and thunder blast.
*Clean the top and bottom of mouse with thunder blast.

*Take the Q-tip dip in either window cleaner or thunder blast degreaser, take the Q-tip and clean the rollers inside the mouse.
Step 6

Your Clean Computer Mouse

Put your mouse back together and it will work like new!

Comments

sandyheart said

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on 3/5/2009 I didn't know you needed to clean it.

darlenemichaud said

on 2/18/2009 I finally have one without the ball.

LissaK said

on 2/18/2009 I was shocked when I took the backing off and saw all the dust build up around the ball, ew! Thanks for letting people know how it's done.