Safety first for small speakers
Clean AirPods, Galaxy Buds and other earbuds safely, mostly by hand, with a gentle tone option for water. Never play cleaning tones in your ears.
Take the earbuds out of your ears first. Then press Start.
Which speaker plays?
How does each range sound?
Listen for rattling, crackling or a range that drops out. Many phones have a single loudspeaker, so left and right may both come from the same place.
Earbuds pick up wax and skin oil more than dust, so most of the work is gentle hand cleaning.
Take the earbuds out and keep them out for the whole cleaning. The tool starts at 40% volume for that reason.
Use a soft, dry, lint-free cloth on the shell and stem.
Use a dry cotton swab on the speaker mesh and a soft, dry brush to lift wax from the openings.
If they got wet, connect them, hold them mesh down in your hand and run Gentle mode once. Then let them air-dry.
Many earbuds, including AirPods Pro, are sweat and water resistant, not waterproof. Wipe them dry and let them air-dry completely before putting them back in the charging case. A wet earbud in the case can damage the charging contacts.
The gentle tone can help shift a little water from the mesh, but most of the drying happens on its own with time and airflow.
Wipe the outside with a dry cloth. For the inside, use a dry cotton swab, and a soft brush for the charging port. Keep liquids out of the case and its port.
They lift wax without pushing it in.
Before they go back in the case or your ears.
Gentle mode at about 40% is plenty for small drivers.
They’re loud at close range and can hurt your hearing.
Pins and toothpicks can tear the mesh.
Even water-resistant earbuds aren’t made for running water.
It can help a little with water sitting on the mesh, played at low volume with the AirPods out of your ears. Air-drying does most of the work.
Wax build-up on the mesh is the most common cause. Clean both meshes, then check the left-right balance in your phone’s accessibility settings.
Yes, at low volume. Put them in after lowering the volume and play Left and Right to check both sides.
Yes. The same dry, gentle methods work for Galaxy Buds and most other earbuds.
All cleaning modes in one tool: water eject, dust shake, deep clean and more.
165 Hz pulses that push water out of a wet speaker.
Sweeping tones that shake loose lint and dust.
Check left and right channels and sweep 20 Hz to 20 kHz.
Steps and fixes for every iPhone with a bottom speaker.
Galaxy S, A, Z Fold and Flip, with vibration assist.
MacBook and Windows laptop speakers and grilles.
Rotating bass bursts for stubborn muffling.
Earpiece cleaning for quiet or muffled calls.
Any frequency from 20 Hz to 20 kHz, four waveforms.
Pixel, Xiaomi, OnePlus, Oppo, Realme, Vivo and more.
JBL, Bose, Sony and other portable speakers.