Remove scratches from a phone screen
Scratches on your phone screen? That’s annoying, but scratches on your phone screen can often be easily removed with simple household products. We show you how to do it.
6 min read | Nov 17, 2021
At a glance: Remove scratches from a phone screen
- Remove small scratches from a phone screen with household products
- Polish with toothpaste or a baking powder mixture
- Consult a professional workshop for deeper scratches
- Use screen protection to prevent scratches
- Additionally use a phone case to protect the whole smartphone
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How can scratches be removed from a phone screen?
Scratches can be removed from a phone screen using toothpaste or baking powder. These household products are suitable to thoroughly polish scratches out of a screen. These methods are suitable for light scratches from keys or small stones.
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What is a liquid glass coating?
A liquid glass coating is additional screen protection for your mobile phone. You apply an ultra-thin, yet protective, glass layer to your phone screen to protect it against scratches. Backs made from glass can also be coated with liquid glass to protect them from scratches.
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Can scratches be removed from a phone screen using household products?
Yes, scratches can be removed from a phone screen using household products. Small scratches, such as those made by keys or small stones, are the easiest to remove. Deep scratches that cannot be removed with household products are best taken care of by a specialist mobile phone workshop.
Remove scratches with toothpaste
Toothpaste is a proven household product for removing scratches from a display. Although you cannot repair a completely damaged display with toothpaste, small everyday scratches can be polished out and thoroughly removed without residues.
Note: Due to the special mix of glass and plastic in foldable displays, smartphones with foldable displays are not suitable for removing scratches on a phone screen by polishing them out.
Remove scratches from a mobile screen with toothpaste in 5 steps
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Step 1: Clean the display thoroughly
Before you remove scratches on the phone screen, clean the whole display thoroughly with a damp microfibre cloth or a glasses cleaning cloth.
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Step 2: Tape over any openings in the mobile phone
Now tape over all of the openings in the smartphone. These include the charging connection, SIM card slot, microphone, loudspeaker and, if available, also the microphone jack and the memory card slot.
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Step 3: Apply toothpaste
Now apply a little toothpaste to the area of the mobile screen where you want to remove scratches. Caution: Do not use any toothpaste that has coarse particles. This may not remove the scratches on the phone screen but instead worsen them.
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Step 4: Polish the mobile screen with toothpaste
Use a clean microfibre cloth to remove the scratches on the mobile screen. Polish the affected areas carefully but thoroughly with circular motions.
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Step 5: Remove the toothpaste
Once you have polished your mobile screen with toothpaste, dampen a cloth, remove the toothpaste and take a look at the result. If everything hasn’t yet been polished smooth, repeat from step 3 until all of the scratches on the phone screen have been removed completely.
Remove scratches from a phone screen with baking powder
Another proven method of removing scratches from a phone screen uses baking powder.
First, mix the baking powder with water in a bowl to form a paste: Two heaped teaspoons of baking powder and one teaspoon of water create the ideal mixture for removing scratches on a phone screen.
Remove scratches from a phone screen with baking powder in 5 steps
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Step 1: Clean the display
First, make sure your surroundings are clean and clean the mobile screen before you start removing scratches with baking powder.
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Step 2: Tape over any openings in the mobile phone
Next, tape over all of the major smartphone openings so that none of the baking powder paste can get inside your mobile phone. Seal the charging connection, the SIM card slot, microphone, loudspeaker and, if available, also the headphone socket and the memory card slot.
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Step 3: Apply baking powder paste
Now apply a small amount of baking powder paste to the scratches on the phone screen that you want to remove.
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Step 4: Polish out scratches on the phone screen with baking powder
Take a clean microfibre cloth and polish the prepared areas of the display thoroughly in circular motions. Do not perform this step with paper towels, as these can leave residues behind after polishing.
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Step 5: Remove the baking powder paste
After polishing, remove any remaining baking powder paste from the display and check the affected area. Were you able to remove the scratches on the phone screen on the first attempt? Great, then you’re done. If, however, marks are still visible, apply baking powder paste again and polish the area one more time.
Remove deep scratches from a display
Household products are excellent for removing slight scratches on a phone screen. However, if you want to remove deep scratches from a display, this is often no longer possible by polishing with household products.
If your efforts with toothpaste or baking powder prove unsuccessful, you can take your phone to a mobile phone workshop. Among other things, they use professional polishing paste, which can even remove deeper scratches from a phone screen. However, if this is also unsuccessful, the display is usually replaced instead of removing the deep scratches from the mobile screen.
Effectively prevent scratches on a phone screen
Removing scratches on a phone screen can be a tough job. Nevertheless, tolerating the visual flaws is not an alternative for many people. This is why you should ideally apply reliable screen protection before you’re faced with the task of removing scratches from the screen.
When it comes to potential scratches, also consider the smartphone itself. Covers, phone cases and booklets also effectively protect the rest of the mobile phone from signs of wear. You can get device and screen protection to suit every taste and almost every requirement.
Reliable screen protection for your mobile phone
Screen protection: Glass screen protectors and protector film
Do you need screen protection with maximum durability? Then, instead of protector film , you can also use a glass screen protector . Its maximum surface hardness means it can even prevent a cracked screen. Nevertheless, the haptics and optimum view of the display are retained.
By contrast, film screen protectors offer good protection against scratches combined with a subtle look. Are you still uncertain which type of screen protection you want to choose? Our comparison page shows the advantages and disadvantages of glass screen protectors and film , so that you can quickly find your favourite.
Liquid glass coating
If you want to apply neither a glass screen protector nor a screen protector foil , you can apply a liquid glass coating to protect your mobile phone from scratches. However, please bear in mind that liquid glass is not suitable for removing scratches on a phone screen. Instead, it serves as invisible protection that coats your mobile phone and thus prevents scratches.
