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Cleaning your iPhone

Learn how to clean your iPhone.
iPhone X, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus
Clean your iPhone immediately if it comes in contact with anything that might cause stains or other
damage—for example, dirt or sand, ink, makeup, soap, detergent, acids or acidic foods, or lotions. Follow
these guidelines:
Unplug all cables and turn off your iPhone.
Use a soft, slightly damp, lint-free cloth—for example, a lens cloth.
Avoid getting moisture in openings.
Donʼt use cleaning products or compressed air.
Your iPhone has a fingerprint-resistant oleophobic—oil repellent—coating. On iPhone X, iPhone 8, and
iPhone 8 Plus, the coating is on the front and back. This coating wears over time with normal use. Cleaning
products and abrasive materials will further diminish the coating and might scratch your iPhone.

iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus,

iPhone 5s
Clean your iPhone immediately if it comes into contact with contaminants that might cause stains, such as
ink, dyes, makeup, dirt, food, oils, and lotions. To clean your iPhone, unplug all cables and turn it off. Use a
soft, slightly damp, lint-free cloth. Avoid getting moisture in openings. Don't use window cleaners,
household cleaners, compressed air, aerosol sprays, solvents, ammonia, or abrasives to clean your iPhone.
The front glass surfaces have an oleophobic coating. To remove fingerprints, wipe these surfaces with a
soft, lint-free cloth. The ability of this coating to repel oil will diminish over time with normal use, and
rubbing the screen with an abrasive material will further diminish its effect and might scratch the glass.
To clean the Home button (allowing Touch ID to work optimally), wipe it with a soft lint-free cloth.

iPhone 5c
Clean your iPhone immediately if it comes into contact with contaminants that might cause stains, such as
ink, dyes, makeup, dirt, food, oils, and lotions. To clean your iPhone, unplug all cables and turn it off. Use a
soft, slightly damp, lint-free cloth. Avoid getting moisture in openings. Don't use window cleaners,
household cleaners, compressed air, aerosol sprays, solvents, ammonia, abrasives, or cleaners containing
hydrogen peroxide to clean your iPhone. The front glass surfaces have an oleophobic coating. To remove
fingerprints, wipe these surfaces with a soft, lint-free cloth. The ability of this coating to repel oil will
diminish over time with normal use, and rubbing the screen with an abrasive material will further diminish
its effect and might scratch the glass.
To clean the dirt that might accumulate around the SIM tray opening, use a soft lint-free cloth and place a
very small amount of rubbing alcohol on it. Very gently wipe the dirt away from the port opening and avoid
getting any of the moisture in the opening.

iPhone 5
Clean your iPhone immediately if it comes into contact with contaminants that might cause stains, such as
ink, dyes, makeup, dirt, food, oils, and lotions. To clean your iPhone, unplug all cables and turn it off. Use a
soft, slightly damp, lint-free cloth. Avoid getting moisture in openings. Don't use window cleaners,
household cleaners, compressed air, aerosol sprays, solvents, ammonia, abrasives, or cleaners containing
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hydrogen peroxide to clean your iPhone. The front glass surfaces have an oleophobic coating. To remove
fingerprints, wipe these surfaces with a soft, lint-free cloth. The ability of this coating to repel oil will
diminish over time with normal use, and rubbing the screen with an abrasive material will further diminish
its effect and might scratch the glass.

iPhone 4s and iPhone 4

Clean your iPhone immediately if it comes into contact with contaminants that might cause stains, such as
ink, dyes, makeup, dirt, food, oils, and lotions. To clean your iPhone, unplug all cables and turn off your
iPhone (press and hold the Sleep/Wake button, and then drag the onscreen slider). Use a soft, slightly
damp, lint-free cloth. Avoid getting moisture in openings. Don't use window cleaners, household cleaners,
compressed air, aerosol sprays, solvents, ammonia, abrasives, or cleaners containing hydrogen peroxide
to clean your iPhone. The front and back glass surfaces have an oleophobic coating. To remove
fingerprints, wipe these surfaces with a soft, lint-free cloth. The ability of this coating to repel oil will
diminish over time with normal use, and rubbing the screen with an abrasive material will further diminish
its effect and might scratch the glass.

iPhone 3GS
Clean your iPhone immediately if it comes into contact with contaminants that might cause stains, such as
ink, dyes, makeup, dirt, food, oils, and lotions. To clean your iPhone, unplug all cables and turn off your
iPhone (press and hold the Sleep/Wake button, and then drag the onscreen slider). Use a soft, slightly
damp, lint-free cloth. Avoid getting moisture in openings. Don't use window cleaners, household cleaners,
compressed air, aerosol sprays, solvents, ammonia, abrasives, or cleaners containing hydrogen peroxide
to clean your iPhone. The front glass surface has an oleophobic coating. To remove fingerprints, wipe
these surfaces with a soft, lint-free cloth. The ability of this coating to repel oil will diminish over time with
normal use, and rubbing the screen with an abrasive material will further diminish its effect and might
scratch the glass.

iPhone 3G and iPhone (original)

To clean your iPhone, unplug all cables and turn off your iPhone (press and hold the Sleep/Wake button,
and then drag the onscreen slider). Then use a soft, slightly damp, lint-free cloth. Avoid getting moisture in
openings. Don't use window cleaners, household cleaners, compressed air, aerosol sprays, solvents,
ammonia, abrasives, or cleaners containing hydrogen peroxide to clean your iPhone.

Learn more
Learn how to clean Apple Watch and other Apple products. 
Published Date: Mar 26, 2018

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