We asked experts for the best cleaning methods to make your headphones and earbuds sound better and last longer Our cleaning tips apply to everything from over-ear and on-ear headphones to petite ...

Are you cleaning your headphones and earbuds enough? I don't mean using your fingernail to pick out wax buildup in your earbuds' eartips, but actually cleaning them? Cleaning your headphones and ...

Filthy buds look bad, impact sound quality, and even risk infection. WIRED asked the experts how to correctly banish that ear gunk. But are my yellowing Airpods actually a risk to my health? I asked ...

Ever since Apple made the brave and not-at-all-controversial decision to remove the headphone jack from the iPhone, the rest of the tech industry followed suit. Today, it's rare to see someone using a ...

How's this for an unsettling fact? According to cleaning expert Lana Tkachenko, your earbuds can contain way more bacteria than your kitchen sink, one of the germiest places in a home. But while your ...

Headphones, especially the ones we wear when working out, can get really gross really fast. But like many electronics, knowing how to clean headphones can feel a bit mysterious and fraught with ...

Everyone has dirty ears; the human ear is designed to produce earwax to protect itself from other junk getting in there, among other things. That means that the more you put your precious new AirPods ...

Like anything else that you wear on your body, headphones can get dirty. They seem to be magnets for everything from earwax to lint to dust—and the grime is more than just gross. It can affect the ...