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gross but true our mobile phones are dirty disgusting bacteria infested pieces of hardware that go everywhere with us if you don't already clean yours regularly start now at the most basic you'll just need a microfiber cloth to remove your phone's battery if you can and slightly dampen the cloth to clean the device avoid paper towels as the fibers can scratch your screen and never use alcohol as it can destroy the screens coating now time to clean the inside of your phone be sure to always update the software as new versions could have better security measures also come up with a system for backing up your phone sync it regularly to a laptop or download a cloud storage app like box Google Drive or Dropbox now is also the time to delete any unused apps and their data to clear up space and finally make sure you have a passcode just to protect yourself in case it's lost or stolen for more tech tips visit cnet com in San Francisco I'm Kara Tsuboi cnet.com for CBS News