3. How to clean a charging port: Toothpick or dental pick Though Nicholson is partial to using toothpicks, dental picks work just as well — and sometimes even better, because they’re thinner.

Like all things, a computer's USB ports collect dust and debris over time. Here's how to clean them properly without risking any internal damage.

Why It's So Important to Clean Your Device's Charging Port Over time, your phone's charging port is bound to collect lint, dust, and debris, especially if kept in your pocket.

We must, in turn, care for it. Thus, how to clean an iPhone charging port is valuable information for anyone who has one (which, as it turns out, is a lot of us).

Whether you dropped your iPhone into a mess or haven't bothered to clean your iPad in a while, you're eventually going to want to clean out that charging port.