How to ACTUALLY Clean Your Keyboard... (In Under An Hour)

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Have you ever wondered How to clean a mechanical keyboard or clean a custom keyboard?
Check out this EASY tutorial for how to clean your keyboard, keycaps, and desk mat!
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@jaydingiesler5280 Жыл бұрын

I appreciate Hipyo being honest about how dirty his keyboard is and not pretending we’re all just a bunch of animals with ours 😂

@brflame90 Жыл бұрын

Yes, then again he accused us of not doing the dishes… or washing our hands…

@BertyBertsson 11 ай бұрын

Well I'm not "an animal" with mine. Cleaning my keyboard takes me like 1 minute at max because it's never even dirty to begin with. It's just a bit dusty and that's easily fixed with compressed air. The secret is to wash your hands and never eat at the keyboard. If you have to, then eat something that isn't powdery.

@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 11 ай бұрын

@@BertyBertssonAlso, don't own pets (slight sarcasm). I used to own a dog and oh my god, my laptop keys were so damn clogged with her hair, lol. I semi-cleaned the keys but nothing as in-depth as this, because it was a laptop. But, if you do own pets, maybe don't let them get close to your keyboard, unless the cleaning process doesn't bother you. With cats, people also let them walk all over their surfaces (I personally never understood this, even as a former cat owner). Cats could be on the couch and whatever structure/ cat tree was bought for them. Cats did not go on tables or counters where you put your food, they did not go on top of fridges for the same reason (and it's dangerous and they can get stuck up there, too scared to hop down), and they don't walk on desks. People seem to forget where their cat's paws have been when they allow this.

@ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked 11 ай бұрын

:3 My keyboard was wayyyy worse than this with hair. Haha. I don't really have food inside of it. I rinsed it under water, used soap, q-tips, a sponge with the scrubber side, and the keys I soaked in soapy water before rinsing them, and washing them more with soap, and wiping them down. Now, they're outside drying in the hot sun. I'll leave them out there for like 24 hours. Haha

@athanmantas7134 8 ай бұрын

love thise videos

@neekowmoo Жыл бұрын

Thanks Hipyo. this is my first time liking your video with clean hands

@Lord_Mad_Dog Жыл бұрын

cold water will probably work better for more keycaps. the heat may cause the legends or characters to dissolve a bit if you have a dyesub set and if you agitate the keycaps with the soapy water then youre fine. i used a chopstick to kida stir them and it worked marvelously. also using alcohol on your plastic is generally not a good idea

@jotsa Жыл бұрын

just use slightly warm water, pbt won't get damaged in it

@Voruality Жыл бұрын

is it bad that its dissolved on the inside of my keys

@mshazaz 10 ай бұрын

I used very hot water and my keycaps got bent 😂

@TheoSaurRawr 6 ай бұрын

@@mshazaz that's why he said "the hottest water *your hands can handle*"

@fakepotato4875 6 ай бұрын

@@TheoSaurRawr well i guess he can handle hot enough water that it can melt his keycaps

@cursedRavioli Жыл бұрын

You can use ultrasonic cleaner for the keycaps. Also it's great for your glasses and jewelery.

@CatbaronAle Жыл бұрын

Wow Hipyo is so brave for- kitty kitty kitty kitty she’s helping aaaa ❤ (ty for this helpful tutorial)

@nemojimeister8769 Жыл бұрын

getting into the keyboard scene and moving from costar stabs to cherry was an amazing feeling :D

@eschrader 8 ай бұрын

Used a butter knife to pop out all my keys after I took a photo of it. Used a soapy scrub brush at an angle to clean the kb body a bit, wiped with baby wipe. Then Used dish soap in a bowl and scrub brush to wash keys, poured in strainer, sprayed with water, filled bowl with clean water, poured keys in and rinsed, tossed back and forth between strainer and bowl then dumped keys on a towel and patted keys dry. Re-assembled according to picture and let it sit in the sun for a bit. Quick and decent cleaning! Thank you!

@TheSoulofaGod Күн бұрын

Thanks A lot! Once I get a Keycap remover I'll be able to clean my key board!

@Lazymaybaby Жыл бұрын

as someone who is a very casual mech keyboard enjoyer (and whose keyboard was built by my now-ex) I really appreciate this kind of video! I love my keyboard but lately it’s started acting weird and not typing correctly. I’m going to try deep cleaning it and see if that helps. As an aside, more videos on general keyboard maintenance would be awesome! Like, for instance, how to tell if a switch has gone bad / how to go about troubleshooting a keyboard that’s having typing issues.

@ConfusionPlus2 5 ай бұрын

I hope it worked!

@sultandmj8692 Жыл бұрын

I just watched 5 of your videos back to back. Even though I am not a keyboard enthusiast.

@pedrocastellanos2982 Жыл бұрын

Hey Hipyo! I love your vids and you're the reason I got into keyboards. Could you review the RK royal kludge m75 and possibly mod it? I bought it and I think its good but Id love to see my favorite youtuber to review it!

@x9x9x9x9x9 Жыл бұрын

When I clean key caps I do it in a strainer that is sitting in a large bowl. Then I toss them in a food dehydrator to dry. Having a food dehydrator has been surprisingly useful over the years and I have never used it for food but drying lots of stuff like 3d printer filament.

@travismorse5050 2 ай бұрын

Oh snap you got the EPBT Sniper caps! I got on that group buy too!

@benderxx1338 Жыл бұрын

Ughh this just reminds me that I need to clean 🫧 my keyboard lol but at least I know how to now. Thanks for the tutorial lol

@SquizbarDeAlienOfficial Жыл бұрын

It’s all your fault Hipyo!! I’m now addicted to customising keyboards!! All jokes aside your videos have been really inspiring as I’m new to the hobby.

@jens0_064 8 ай бұрын

1:17 I always pull my keycaps by hand, it's just way faster + it is easier to set them into sets to later easily set back together. I think if you have a huntsman board, you should get one, because it hurts after like 40 and I don't want to do this daily on a fullsize.

@Grunderinne 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for helpful AND humoristisk video. I shoulden be any differense for a keyboard integrated in an laptop, or?

@rwilliams12290 Жыл бұрын

😁 Amazing tips

@Weepsy_ Жыл бұрын

Actually, if you don't want or can't buy a compressed air can or a blower, use a hairdryer and make sure it's blowing cold air. The air will spread more, but it's still better than nothing.

@Spiral16 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@mystery-mm6xd 10 ай бұрын

I’m so used to Glarses ‘oh yeah~’ that I lost it when I heard your one lmao

@afoxinthemeadow Жыл бұрын

Hey @Hipyo can you do a video on how to modify (dampen) a wireless keyboard such as the Keychron K4? Im not sure where to start given the internals (battery+wiring).

@Treiden21 11 ай бұрын

He did the glarses oh yeah thing lol

@diveintowonder7337 Жыл бұрын

Using a collander (pasta strainer) would be a great way to drain and rinse the keys.

@rigure 10 ай бұрын

I once got some dust or something in a part of the office keyboard (temporarily mine) and the S key stopped working. That they I learned I could take off keycaps (with a sharp object as it said, so I used a pencil 😅). It looked clean, so I just wiped it and soaked the cap in hot water. Worked afterwards :D

@trinaharris4904 3 ай бұрын

Your funny I like you!

@AbuAjmal. 10 ай бұрын

Me who doesn’t have a keycap puller: oh boy.

@Memeplays 9 ай бұрын

Use a butter knife

@emixmh 2 ай бұрын

use 2 paper clips or binder clips under opposite corners of the keycap and pull

@AbuAjmal. 2 ай бұрын

@@emixmh 7 months late 😆I eventually got a keycap puller.

@jessw4195 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for showing us the real keyboard and how dirty it is because it made me feel a lot less insecure about my own keeb!!! U da MVP!!!!

@KuzTech Жыл бұрын

@Hipyo Tech what keycaps are those?

@DoYouWumbo 7 ай бұрын

love that glarses transition lol

@adarshsingh2954 Жыл бұрын

I don't know why my keyboard has small hairs 😭 who tf shaved on my keyboard 😭😭

@hatemails Ай бұрын

If your arms/hands are hairy when you lose small hairs naturally

@MySummerCarWeekly Ай бұрын

Lmao mines the same

@grainretard 26 күн бұрын

arm hairs xdd

@linushsiao1693 Жыл бұрын

Hey! That is exactly how I clean my double shot keycaps! But I still don't know how to clean dye sub keycaps safely😂

@lavenderclouds 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for this video, I learned how to clean my keyboard for the first time. My kitty cat got her fur all over my keyboard so it was very hairy! White fur all over the inside. I didn't have an air duster so I asked my older brother if he had one and what didja know he did. I used his electric air duster and it worked wonders! I washed my desk mat in the sink, it works.

@BigChungusTheMaker Жыл бұрын

Can you do a review on the hyperx alloy origins keyboard. I have red switches and it sounds really good.

@skrappr3649 Жыл бұрын

Just spent hours disassembling my entire keyboard and cleaning every part just for this to be recommended thanks youtube

@Ce_Isma13 4 ай бұрын

Hey Hipyio! And how you clean switches that are used over a year, Recently I Changed the switches of my keyboard, and i want to relube them. But when I opened them they had like little rocks (I dont know how to describe it) or things like that, Right now I'm trying with ultrasonic cleaner, dishsoap and warm water.

@Goodluckbuddy1408 10 ай бұрын

Link to keycaps? Those are dope.

@techstuff27 Жыл бұрын

Hipyo could you please sell these again during christmas!

@ruhsuzkutu8041 Жыл бұрын

Instructions unclear, I have discovered a bug infestation inside my keyboard.

@Felivii Ай бұрын

Wow, so brave for showing us!!

@_moy_4940 11 ай бұрын

the shade he be throwing XD

@Me2oon 10 ай бұрын

The transition noise reminds me of flithy frank nice guide, ty Mr.Hipyo

@choipichiim 2 ай бұрын

Should we tell them?

@danhackley Ай бұрын

How come you didn’t take the PCB off to clean around it? Would that involve removing all the switches?

@dityer Жыл бұрын

will a more gooey detergent work instead of that liquid one you have there?

@tfayo1905 10 ай бұрын

well ı just cleand ıt tysm

@YtJosh4k Жыл бұрын

Wow Hipyo is so brave for showing us his dirty keyboard.

@Akito1603 Жыл бұрын

What would you recommend for a “chalky” sounding keyboard?

@ToyKeeper Жыл бұрын

A cheap fine-tipped squeeze duster also works well for cleaning out under the keycaps... like the things they use to clean dust off camera optics. It's not as good as actually removing the keycaps, but it can get rid of like 90% of the gunk with only 10% of the effort and near-zero cost. I keep my hands obsessively clean, so my keycaps generally take several years to show any signs of grime... but underneath, lots of dust and hair and other stuff accumulates. So... squeezy blower to the rescue!

@unknowminion9024 10 ай бұрын

Is it possible that dust is in switches ? I cleaned it 3 times my way and 3 time new bind not working it was alt now its d and t. Should i maybe use alcohol directly on switches? I did it with water but i feel like when im drying dirt just move to another bind? Ty anyway nice vid

@kipp14 Жыл бұрын

Cleaning the key caps can be done with an alcohol pad if it's only a few key are gunked like mine

@HangryCow Жыл бұрын

i clean my keyboard weekly so no need for a hazmat suit

@ulrikcramerandersen5824 Жыл бұрын

Nice video

@makarychan9109 Жыл бұрын

that transition sound effect though...

@Taffylassie 7 ай бұрын

Brush your cat if shes helping you clean... dude... my cats are the REASON im cleaning my keyboard... again. Lol

@BlueEagle403 11 ай бұрын

I wonder if oxy clean is useful for the keycaps as well?

@Wolfy11188 2 ай бұрын

If you have one of those cutlery baskets for your dishwasher you can just chuck the keys in there on a cold wash and they'll be nice and sparkly! Need one that locks completely though on the top!

@athanmantas7134 8 ай бұрын

wow hipo is awsome

@Xevikq 2 ай бұрын

Bro my keyboard was so dirty its crazy ive had it for 2+ years and never cleaned this helped alot

@axoedits2092 2 ай бұрын

is it possible to do this process with a Logitech G213 keyboard, i cant find any trustable source claiming the keycaps are replaceable

@VitiateTheImmortal Жыл бұрын

And I just wonder what switches Hipyo got in there xD

@sillygoose42069 Жыл бұрын

im watching this with my very clean desk mat and clean keyboard just so im prepared

@BirdieCube_1 Ай бұрын

what keycap set do you have?

@yfrufeyfryd2129 10 ай бұрын

Got an expensive razeer keyboard from a friend it’s a nice one but my God is it a biohazard. This helps.

@Lix-nr4ke Жыл бұрын

Nice!

@koiasana Жыл бұрын

0:13 howdy hey, I'm hiypo tech

@Acloneot 8 ай бұрын

I have not cleaned my keyboard since i got it (5 years) so thank you wery much for showing on my youtube fyp

@goldenllama24 10 ай бұрын

what is the keycap set that hipyo tech is using??

@isythegamergirl Ай бұрын

NOT ME JUST CLEANING MY MOUSEPAD WATCHING THIS IN SHOCK

@Crowbar 3 ай бұрын

how many times will you inspect the damages

@LARVideos 10 ай бұрын

This was a great video. I really learned a lot. I also loved your performances in The Sorcerer's Apprentice and How to Train Your Dragon!

@fuzzynine Жыл бұрын

I use a tooth brush in the soapy solution which works better for the insides of the key caps.

@ZuzanaLudikarova 9 ай бұрын

Should I do the same thing if it a keyboard that is connected to the computer?

@StickRV 3 ай бұрын

Can I use a vacuum cleaner instead of compressed air?

@aa-kz7hc 7 ай бұрын

ngl a couple weeks ago I needed a keyboard to use so I took my little brothers old gaming keyboard and I cleaned it out with 90% isopropyl alcohol and an old toothbrush. when all the keycaps were off I dipped the toothbrush in the alcohol and scrubbed the board down that way but I just looked in the internet and it seems you are supposed to be using an alcohol wipe not just straight up alcohol. luckily it still works completely fine but my question is can you damage the keyboard cleaning it the way that I did? btw the keyboard was dirty asf and I doubt using an alcohol wipe would even clean it properly, it had dirt, food, hair, etc all built up on it and the keyboard(without the keycaps) had a yellow residue all in it.

@herzue371 6 ай бұрын

thanks bro my keyboard rn is clean af

@BriefingCobra Жыл бұрын

What happened to the hippo avatar? I really liked it.

@Derka7520 Жыл бұрын

Do you think you could mod the SteelSeries Apex Pro TKL

@LouisGiliberto 24 күн бұрын

I've used Efferdent (denture cleaner) to clean my key caps. It's doesn't leave residue and it's designed to break up fats and proteins which is most of the scum on the key caps.

@foamige 5 ай бұрын

Is this where the Hipyo intermission sound came from?

@phatlokki 3 ай бұрын

I have a beauitful rgb keyboard and it is flat out disrespectful how it looks rights not. Thanks for the video. Lets make this baby sparkly again!

@Mastermind12358 6 ай бұрын

7:45 did that mistake with my old G15 keyboard, said what the heck. it'll be fine... it wasn't fine. RIP glorious keyboard after 15 years of service.

@AquaPeet 6 ай бұрын

I don't use laundry detergent, I use laundry solvent so I don't have to clear out the washing machine and hang the clothes to dry...

@cheeseman22 Жыл бұрын

cqan u review the yz75 gateron yellows?

@vrdude1 3 ай бұрын

for the compressed air, just use a blow dryer for the keycap reover, use a butter knife, coming in from the side of the keys and popping them off

@humansag.e Жыл бұрын

What switches are those?

@kayiscahyantomajid9247 4 ай бұрын

I still have a few questions. What soap is safe for the color of the keycaps so they don't fade? Dish washing soap, bath soap or laundry soap?

@LadyLunaura 4 ай бұрын

Wow Hipyo is so brave for showing us his dirty keyboard!

@Boomer.Roberts Жыл бұрын

wow hipyo is so brave for showing us his dirty keyboard

@AlexAlex-oy5bz 7 ай бұрын

first time cleaning my keyboard in 3 years, and well.. GODAMMMMMM

@sakde1166 8 ай бұрын

I spilled coffee, and now some of the switches are heavy to press

@Daniel-ef8ry 11 ай бұрын

Do I have to lube my keycaps again after cleaning it in soapy water?

@StormeliusThe3rd 4 ай бұрын

I sweat a lot so how often should i wash my keyboard

@Jaxiedits 2 ай бұрын

great video but why are the captions so low quality lol

@NoxynomY Күн бұрын

He sounds like oh no our table it's broken

@onepiecefannN1 8 ай бұрын

Thanks great tips! Also i wash my hands a ton and wash dishesh >:c. And 2 times a month for cloths is too little honestly😂.

@tailfeather5213 2 ай бұрын

I….uh… accidentally spilt apple juice on my desk and my keyboard thank fully I got it cleaned up but now my beautiful clicky clacky keys are sticky and don’t click😢 so I definitely needed this and any advice

@CptTomaszon Жыл бұрын

What keyboard is this?

@TeenGameTORG 25 күн бұрын

This is really helpful. I've wanted to clean my keyboard for a while now, but had no idea if I had to follow some kind of process to not damage it, and was scared to death I could break it. Turns out it is WAY simpler than what I thought. Thanks a lot!