It has uses beyond your favorite gadget, too. It cleans both sides of your phone at once in just five minutes, shuts off automatically and allows you to charge your phone while it's being cleaned. In our testing, the PhoneSoap Pro was easy to use, too. EPA registrations are something we look for on all the germ-killing cleaning products we test, and it provides the assurance that the claims are verified. In conversations we had with the manufacturer, we learned that the PhoneSoap Pro is EPA-registered even though it's not required to be. That said, PhoneSoap Pro impressed us enough to include it here. There are lots of devices that use UV-C light and claim to kill bacteria and germs on surfaces, but it's difficult to determine efficacy without the assistance of a microbiology lab. Our top picks for screen cleaners include top-performing products from our latest tests and those highly rated in online consumer reviews. Then, we test all screen cleaners on a variety of devices, both large and small, to measure efficacy. When the Good Housekeeping Institute Home Care & Cleaning Lab tests screen cleaners, we first evaluate items for safety, ensuring any products we’re considering don’t contain potentially gadget-damaging chemicals like ammonia. Regularly cleaning your phone and laptop is important not only to keep your gadgets looking great but for your personal safety and to help your devices work better, too. And is there anything that gets touched more than the phones, laptops and other gadgets we use to stay connected to the world around us? They are essential lifelines, so it's no wonder they get assaulted with dust, greasy fingerprints, grime and germs - lots and lots of germs. And, as a result, we've all adopted practices to help keep high-touch surfaces around us clean. In recent years, we’ve all become more acutely aware of just how many germs are out there.

Our original top-rated picks, selected by the GH Cleaning Lab remain the same.

We updated this article in January 2023 to add more frequently asked questions about screen cleaners based on extensive testing done by the Good Housekeeping Institute.

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