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Steven said: I have a Chrome laptop. My keys are sticking. I’ve had it about a year or so. Whenever I write an e-mail, it’ll like give me 15 ‘N’s in the same word. And when I hit the delete key, it’ll delete the whole thing. What can I do to clean my keyboard?
There are some products you can use to clean a keyboard and see if they help your situation. First of all, you can buy a can of compressed air to try to shake any debris loose, you can also use a cleaning putty like Cyber Clean to try to pick up particles that may be clogging the keyboard.
If that doesn’t work, there are alcohol-based cleaning solutions you can try too. If none of those solutions work, you can probably pop off the keys that are sticking and clean them, but double check that you can actually pop them off, and if you can be very careful… if you crack anything on the keyboard you will be cursing yourself for years when you try to use your Chromebook.
Removing caps can be dangerous
Yes, be very careful with that key cap removing business. Most Chromebooks use very inexpensive keyboards and don’t feature removable caps. They are likely to be glued down and once you pry them loose you will never get them back. Folks will tell you that you can Superglue it, but if you are just a wee bit sloppy you will glue the key in the “down” position.
Cleaning the keyboard using the steps we outlined already is definitely, 100% your best bet. If that doesn’t solve the problem, it might be time for a new Chromebook. They cost less than iPhones, these days.