Hold the phone open, if necessary and clean the inside or face of the phone with a clean part of the rag. This is the part of the cell phone where all of your sweat and makeup gets rubbed off and dried on to.
Clean the outer shell first. This should gross you out enough to do a really good job on the inside. Depending on how long you wait in between cleanings, you may need more than one cleaning cloth.
Pour an ounce or two of alcohol into a small dish, bowl or cup. Get a cotton swab and dip it into the alcohol. Let it drip off the excess. Wipe along the cell phone, cleaning the spaces that the cloth wouldn't get to. In between the numbers, the edges that are not flush and all the little nooks and crannies where germs are residing.
Wipe older phones with plastic casing around the number with window cleaner. Spray window cleaner on a cloth and wipe down the phone. Don't spray the window cleaner or any other liquid directly on the cell phone.
Squeeze out the rag so there is no excess moisture on it and gently clean around the charger connection.
Purchase cleaning kit that is especially made for cell phones. Your cell phone manual should have cleaning suggestions as well as your provider if the alcohol and cotton swab is not working.
