How to clean my keyboard?

The method you choose for cleaning your keyboard is highly dependent on why you are cleaning your keyboard. If you are doing a general PC cleaning, you can expect the keyboard cleaning to be a quick work done by a gentle hand. If your keyboard needs deep cleaning like the equivalent of a computer vacuum, you will need to spend some time to do a careful cleaning.

How to do a light keyboard cleaning?

At home
If you are cleaning the room where you keep your computer, then the dust cleaning of your keyboard is as routine as home cleaning. You do not want to get a keyboard wet but you can use a damp cloth to wipe your keyboard keys clean. At school
Schools clean keyboards with a quick swipe of a cloth made damp by water only (no soap) so that students will not spread germs across keyboards.

Deep cleaning of a keyboard

Remove the keys
Think of deep cleaning a keyboard as dental cleaning. You need to floss between the keys. You can even remove keys on most computer keyboards if you are willing to work very carefully. They will pop out to allow you to clean the keyboard area and then pop back in. Unplug the keyboard
Most keyboards do not come with cleaning instructions with the computer information that was in the box because cleaning a keyboard, especially a laptop keyboard, can quickly lead to a damaged keyboard. Be sure to unplug the keyboard from the computer before you deep clean it. If you have water that has spilled onto your keyboard, you have a limited window of time to turn it over (so that the water drips away from the keyboard) and dry it off.

Water ruins keyboards

Do not use water to clean a keyboard as a keyboard never needs a cleaning shower. Use cotton swabs, floss, and pressurised air. You have to be cautious not to break the clips that hold the keys in place as sometimes sticky keys have something stuck under them. You can use tweezers to removed wedged particles or to break them up before using air in order to blow the dirt out from your keyboard keys.

Pressurised air cleans keyboards

Computer keyboards can gather dust, so you can use a can of air to spray any dust or particles that have found their way between the keys. Pressurised air will get rid of specks. If food has gotten lodged between keys, you will need to do a deep cleaning. General maintenance will keep a keyboard clean.