For all those with a screen where nothing seems to work try glass etching cream/paste. You can get this online and it's normally used to create etched designs on glass. It worked for me to get rid of all the coating from my 2015 macbook pro 15' after I tried everything including mouthwash, wipes, alcohol, acetone, baking soda - you name it, I tried it and ended up with a blotchy screen. The whole thing took 30 minutes and this is what I did: covered the body with a plastic bag taped down to create a proper seal; taped around the edge of the screen (even though these protective measures were overkill as the paste dries quickly and becomes non-reactive); cleaned the screen with alcohol; placed laptop on towel with screen down and body at 90 deg. angle; put on rubber gloves (important) and applied cream in sections with a rag and worked it in a circular motion for several minutes until cream was dry (don't apply and leave for longer than a couple of minutes); used another rag to remove the dried cream and polished the treated area; continued process until entire screen is done (worked cream into edges and used finger - as long as you're wearing rubber gloves - to apply cream in corners and around edges); used paper towels to polish the entire screen and old toothbrush to get dried cream out of hard to reach areas around the rubber seal; removed protective tape and bag; cleaned screen and edge with alcohol (isopropanol). The end result was a screen with no coating that looks like new. I normally don't share tips online but thought you might benefit from knowing that this approach really works.
OMG! This worked!! It's Nov 2023 and I just did the same as Dustin but used cotton wipes for the toilet cleaner liquid. Screen is amazing now! took 10mins Thanks Dusten! Saved me a trip and cost at the Mac repair place near me!
I just used some baby wipes to remove the antiglare coating of my 2014 15" Retina MacBook Pro. All was done is less than 15 minutes. The result is absolutely perfect, absolutely no problem, no scratch, no stain. Like new (but now glossy) !
@The Insanely Great Apple Channel I can send you a pic of my display if you want. But I also may depend on the actual construction of the display and on the quality of the antiglare coating. There are a lot of stories of "instant wipe", and some other have more difficulties. I was luck on mine because it's 100% perfect without any imperfection, even minor.
@The Insanely Great Apple Channel Of course they do ! The antiglare coating is so thin and fragile that it goes away with a simple friction with a wipe or windex ! But again, it depends of the batch and construction quality of your Retina display, because some are more robust and won't disappear so simply...
What brand of wipes do you use? I’ve never done it personally, but I’ve had several buddies say they used that method before the toilet bowl cleaner, and it was a workout 🤣
IT WORKED! I actually can't believe it. I thought I'd have to live like this. I tried it on my 2016 Macbook Pro and it actually worked. Thank you so much.
Just tried this on my 2015 MacBook Pro. Used a combo of Farecla auto polishing compound, then finished the edges with the toilet bowl cleaner. Finished with alcohol and then with a damp cloth and then dried off. Like brand new!! Whole exercise took about an hour. GREAT TIP!! Thanks!
Just tried this method and it's by far the best. Stripped my coating in about 20 minutes without much effort. Worried screen would look "bad" after, but nope it's beautiful. My ugly MacBook Pro now looks new again.
This worked very well. I had a different Lysol toilet bowl cleaner but worked perfectly. I've done the Listerine method once before and it took hours. Your method only took about 20-30 minutes.
Ho yeahhhh. For a 2014 laptop of my wife. I could not let her like that. The toilet cleaner is working amazingly well when you scrub it delicately, cleaning after with alcohol, like you showed. The process is correctly fast, the result is really cool. I know the laptop has ten years, and software won't upgrade, but it still work like a charm. Thank you very much for the tip doing it with product already at home! Congrats
The Lysol toilet cleaner works like gangbusters. I tried the listerine for a while and just couldn’t get the small stubborn dots off. The Lysol, alcohol, window cleaner works like a charm. Thank you!! 👍🏻💪🏻
Use unscented baby wipes, just did this for the girlfriends mom’s MacBook. Took about 10-12 minutes, only 2 wipes and circular motions with moderate pressure, not too much and not being too gentle. Wipe away excess with a microfibre wipe and then final clean with a little bit of windex on the microfibre wipe and it looks brand new and no residue
Listerine works beautifully too. I used it on my mid 2014 Macbook Pro after I found out from Apple that I'd missed the recall window by a mere 30 days. I called the stores and the factory but nobody wanted to help me out with it. They suggested I buy a new screen for just under a thousand bucks Canadian. When ever I have a computer problem and the answer is some company saying replace ANYTHING, then I know they're lying. There is always a fix. I did what I always do and scoured the net and found one person in one forum who suggested LIsterine. I carefully tried it on a corner of the screen and it worked beautifully. In minutes it was like I had a brand new Macbook Pro right out of the factory. Guess what, the glare was no worse without the glare coating than with it.
This worked so well. Took me all of 5 minutes and now my macbook doesnt only look fresh but smells fresh! i used paper towels with listerine and a damp paper towel, finished with screen cleaner.
Wet Ones be fresh original wipes. Worked great on 2015 mac book pro with minimal effort. Maybe 10 minutes of circular motion scrubbing. Great tip. Thanks.
Thanks for this tip. The screen of my mothers laptop looked awful, but the laptop worked fine. I used the Lysol equivalent in my country and it looks pristine now. Great to have people sharing tips like this one.
i just got mine off of my bf and he didn't notice the screen, i called him blind for it but anyways, i saw in the comments you could use baby wipes, i wasn't too sure about putting listerine on a laptop i just got so i tried the wipes. after 2 hours of scrubbing in circular motion, it's ALL off. it's true, baby wipes do work too.
I managed to clean it with both Listerine and Lysol. Aproximately one hour of elbow grease later the screen looks like new. Bought an antiglare protective and voilá!
used an off brand generic toilet bowl cleaner and removed the delaminating coating. followed up with isopropyl alcohol to polish. still smells like the toilet cleaner though! took about 15 minutes total
Thanks for this video! I've tried with the Listerine but was a pain in the *ss, I used Harpic and Window Cleaner and the final result is fantastic in like 15 minutes.
I am so much thankful because it took me only 15 minutes to make my screen like new. I used Harpic and Baby wipe. And this combo is the best and easiest I have ever found. Thanks a lot mate. 😊
I did the same and the screen looked beautiful but the display stopped working with vertical lines filling it. Now my macbook is sitting on the shelf and it’s not worth buying a new display! If u want to do this be sure the rubber band around your screen isn’t broken so the liquid can’t leak in
I have a 2014 with the same problem. Last weekend I tried the baking soda way, it didn’t help. However, I wanna try this way before I go and waste more money on a new MacBook Air.
@@jbar_85 it works, i spent 3 hours rubbing my screen with toilet cleaner and listerine washmouth and it worked... now i'm so tired and i have headache but a glossy screen (:
Apple applied anti glare coating on the outside of the screen like a paint.Over time anything, and I mean anything that gets on screen will start damaging it and remove the coating.In my case it was little tiny fly crap that I was trying to remove and the coating literally started to come off along with it.Before that my screen was absolutely perfect.You could probably prevent it by not using your laptop at all.But then whats the point.Otherwise its anavoidable.
Adriano, no problem. Many have achieved the same results using Listerine mouthwash (or off brand but same ingredients), baby wipes, even simple baking soda+water paste to remove the coating as Dusten did in this video. I think his approach might work quicker, but the other methods work too. I have personally used mouthwash, mouthwash+paste. It took me about an hour.
@@junaidsiddiquemusic maybe. I got mine off of my bf, he swore it was dirt but he was mistaken so I'm hoping he takes off some $ from what he was originally gonna charge me...haha, its a downfall for sure. you know what?... maybe put a screen protector on your screen...... that should really help ... SHOULD. lol. for me, its too late. I just got it off of him so I'm not willing to put chemicals on the screen and fuck it up even more potentially, because I can't really see the marks when I'm using it, only can really see it when its shut off.
@@shaymylar4693 If it doesn't hamper anything during the usage then I am probably OK with it but then again if all the retina MacBooks since late 2012 has this issue then I swear to God the mid 2012's 13 and 15 inch MacBook Pros will forever remain king no matter what because they were upgradable and screen doesn't get delaminated.
@The Insanely Great Apple Channel if he scratch too hard it would just cost much money to do screen replacement :") fortunately the screen was fine after he done cleaning.
@The Insanely Great Apple Channel this video was an example on how to do the job, as I’ve been asked several times now. Also, please show me at what point I damaged the glass?
For all those with a screen where nothing seems to work try glass etching cream/paste. You can get this online and it's normally used to create etched designs on glass. It worked for me to get rid of all the coating from my 2015 macbook pro 15' after I tried everything including mouthwash, wipes, alcohol, acetone, baking soda - you name it, I tried it and ended up with a blotchy screen. The whole thing took 30 minutes and this is what I did: covered the body with a plastic bag taped down to create a proper seal; taped around the edge of the screen (even though these protective measures were overkill as the paste dries quickly and becomes non-reactive); cleaned the screen with alcohol; placed laptop on towel with screen down and body at 90 deg. angle; put on rubber gloves (important) and applied cream in sections with a rag and worked it in a circular motion for several minutes until cream was dry (don't apply and leave for longer than a couple of minutes); used another rag to remove the dried cream and polished the treated area; continued process until entire screen is done (worked cream into edges and used finger - as long as you're wearing rubber gloves - to apply cream in corners and around edges); used paper towels to polish the entire screen and old toothbrush to get dried cream out of hard to reach areas around the rubber seal; removed protective tape and bag; cleaned screen and edge with alcohol (isopropanol). The end result was a screen with no coating that looks like new. I normally don't share tips online but thought you might benefit from knowing that this approach really works.
Lysol disinfecting wipes worked fantastically for me. Thanks for putting this video up.
OMG! This worked!! It's Nov 2023 and I just did the same as Dustin but used cotton wipes for the toilet cleaner liquid. Screen is amazing now! took 10mins Thanks Dusten! Saved me a trip and cost at the Mac repair place near me!
I just used some baby wipes to remove the antiglare coating of my 2014 15" Retina MacBook Pro. All was done is less than 15 minutes. The result is absolutely perfect, absolutely no problem, no scratch, no stain. Like new (but now glossy) !
@The Insanely Great Apple Channel I can send you a pic of my display if you want. But I also may depend on the actual construction of the display and on the quality of the antiglare coating. There are a lot of stories of "instant wipe", and some other have more difficulties. I was luck on mine because it's 100% perfect without any imperfection, even minor.
@The Insanely Great Apple Channel Of course they do ! The antiglare coating is so thin and fragile that it goes away with a simple friction with a wipe or windex ! But again, it depends of the batch and construction quality of your Retina display, because some are more robust and won't disappear so simply...
Yes, baby wipes will do it. Just takes forever, and a lot of arm strength.
@@Dusten04 In my case it was totally done in a matter of 15-20 minutes
What brand of wipes do you use? I’ve never done it personally, but I’ve had several buddies say they used that method before the toilet bowl cleaner, and it was a workout 🤣
IT WORKED! I actually can't believe it. I thought I'd have to live like this. I tried it on my 2016 Macbook Pro and it actually worked. Thank you so much.
Just tried this on my 2015 MacBook Pro. Used a combo of Farecla auto polishing compound, then finished the edges with the toilet bowl cleaner. Finished with alcohol and then with a damp cloth and then dried off. Like brand new!! Whole exercise took about an hour. GREAT TIP!! Thanks!
Just tried this method and it's by far the best. Stripped my coating in about 20 minutes without much effort. Worried screen would look "bad" after, but nope it's beautiful. My ugly MacBook Pro now looks new again.
This worked very well. I had a different Lysol toilet bowl cleaner but worked perfectly. I've done the Listerine method once before and it took hours. Your method only took about 20-30 minutes.
Ho yeahhhh. For a 2014 laptop of my wife. I could not let her like that. The toilet cleaner is working amazingly well when you scrub it delicately, cleaning after with alcohol, like you showed. The process is correctly fast, the result is really cool. I know the laptop has ten years, and software won't upgrade, but it still work like a charm. Thank you very much for the tip doing it with product already at home! Congrats
The Lysol toilet cleaner works like gangbusters. I tried the listerine for a while and just couldn’t get the small stubborn dots off. The Lysol, alcohol, window cleaner works like a charm. Thank you!! 👍🏻💪🏻
Use unscented baby wipes, just did this for the girlfriends mom’s MacBook. Took about 10-12 minutes, only 2 wipes and circular motions with moderate pressure, not too much and not being too gentle. Wipe away excess with a microfibre wipe and then final clean with a little bit of windex on the microfibre wipe and it looks brand new and no residue
Listerine works beautifully too. I used it on my mid 2014 Macbook Pro after I found out from Apple that I'd missed the recall window by a mere 30 days. I called the stores and the factory but nobody wanted to help me out with it. They suggested I buy a new screen for just under a thousand bucks Canadian.
When ever I have a computer problem and the answer is some company saying replace ANYTHING, then I know they're lying. There is always a fix. I did what I always do and scoured the net and found one person in one forum who suggested LIsterine. I carefully tried it on a corner of the screen and it worked beautifully. In minutes it was like I had a brand new Macbook Pro right out of the factory. Guess what, the glare was no worse without the glare coating than with it.
This worked so well. Took me all of 5 minutes and now my macbook doesnt only look fresh but smells fresh! i used paper towels with listerine and a damp paper towel, finished with screen cleaner.
Wet Ones be fresh original wipes. Worked great on 2015 mac book pro with minimal effort. Maybe 10 minutes of circular motion scrubbing. Great tip. Thanks.
Thanks for this tip. The screen of my mothers laptop looked awful, but the laptop worked fine. I used the Lysol equivalent in my country and it looks pristine now. Great to have people sharing tips like this one.
I used Brasso. Worked perfectly! Wiped clean with isopropyl alcohol afterward.
i just got mine off of my bf and he didn't notice the screen, i called him blind for it but anyways, i saw in the comments you could use baby wipes, i wasn't too sure about putting listerine on a laptop i just got so i tried the wipes. after 2 hours of scrubbing in circular motion, it's ALL off. it's true, baby wipes do work too.
I managed to clean it with both Listerine and Lysol. Aproximately one hour of elbow grease later the screen looks like new. Bought an antiglare protective and voilá!
used an off brand generic toilet bowl cleaner and removed the delaminating coating. followed up with isopropyl alcohol to polish. still smells like the toilet cleaner though! took about 15 minutes total
if you could only see the results... basically I got a brand new screen! BIG THANK YOU!!!
Just did this to my A1502 MacBook Pro screen and it worked 100%. Might want to do it in a well ventilated area tho.
Thanks, Dusten!
Baby wipes seemed to work for part of the screen but for the rest of it I put some toilet cleaner on the wipe and it worked really well
Thanks for this video! I've tried with the Listerine but was a pain in the *ss, I used Harpic and Window Cleaner and the final result is fantastic in like 15 minutes.
Again great video wished you would of shown exactly what Lysol toilet bowl cleaner you used
You don't need any of this stuff. It comes off with baby wipes - I have just done it on my old 2013 Macbook Pro, worked in minutes.
I am so much thankful because it took me only 15 minutes to make my screen like new. I used Harpic and Baby wipe. And this combo is the best and easiest I have ever found.
Thanks a lot mate. 😊
realy?
Thanks for the video! This is a super easy way to remove the anti-glare coating.
Thank you for the video. Used this method for my old plasma TV. Took some time but a great result!
I used anti-bac surface wipes which worked a treat!
I used unscented baby wipes from the dollar store, it took me 4 wipes and one hour.
Just used toilet 1€ cleaning wipes on my macbook pro 2013. It literally took 5 minutes and it looks brand new, I’m still in shock!
This 100% worked. Took me about 45 minutes.
I can't belive it really worked, i am always skeptical for such (magic tricks) but this one really worked
The common active ingredient appears to be benzalkonium chloride
if the customer go to the apple they charge for a new screen. Good job. GOD bless you
Works like a charm, I just can't hardly believe it! Thanks so much. My old 2015 Macbook Pro looks new!!!
I have the same issue...does it affect the function of MacBook?
Good video buddy! RUclips recommended this, never personally had to do it, but now I know! Very straightforward and solid!
I did the same and the screen looked beautiful but the display stopped working with vertical lines filling it. Now my macbook is sitting on the shelf and it’s not worth buying a new display! If u want to do this be sure the rubber band around your screen isn’t broken so the liquid can’t leak in
This works and worked fast!! Thanks for the great video!
Great video was really waiting for you to hit that corner on your right closest to camera :)
This solution worked great! Thanks for sharing!
I have a 2014 with the same problem. Last weekend I tried the baking soda way, it didn’t help. However, I wanna try this way before I go and waste more money on a new MacBook Air.
Did it work ?
@@Nonamestranger126 no it didn’t lol
@@jbar_85 it works, i spent 3 hours rubbing my screen with toilet cleaner and listerine washmouth and it worked... now i'm so tired and i have headache but a glossy screen (:
@The Insanely Great Apple Channel I’ll check it out! Thank you!
Listerine works beautifully. Very quick too.
Wow I can’t believe that it works. I had very bad vey bad screen and it works like dream.
Thanks a lot
what about scratches ?
I USED BABY WIPES, 15 MIN BRAND NEW MONITOR. WORKS LIKE A CHARM. SAVE SOME TIME :)
Yep same here
This method is easier than my successful method with baking soda/water paste rubbed in firmly with fingertips.
Cual es el nombre de lo que osa para limpiar la pantalla
Baby wipes worked for me too!
Used baby wipes. Did it within 1 hour!
Thank you for this... it worked like a charm!
Baby wipes ... instant removal, no elbow grease
Gonna try moving this technique over to 50" Samsung TV, so wish me luck!
what were you saying @1:06 time stamp. my audio goes silent for a few seconds, I never had this before
I'm using Lysol wipes. I'm gonna end up with swole arms and the res of me will be fat. 😂
Don't I have to peel off the top layer???
I used hand sanitizer to clean it. Worked like magic!!!
Does it fade your screen?
CAN I USE ALCOHOL SWABS USED FOR MEDICAL PURPOSE?
how does this happen? whats the cause and would a regular screen protector prevent it
Apple applied anti glare coating on the outside of the screen like a paint.Over time anything, and I mean anything that gets on screen will start damaging it and remove the coating.In my case it was little tiny fly crap that I was trying to remove and the coating literally started to come off along with it.Before that my screen was absolutely perfect.You could probably prevent it by not using your laptop at all.But then whats the point.Otherwise its anavoidable.
hey dude, do you have any ideia if I can use a normal Lysol, I mean, not the power one? In brazil we do not have it on markets. tks a lot
Adriano, no problem. Many have achieved the same results using Listerine mouthwash (or off brand but same ingredients), baby wipes, even simple baking soda+water paste to remove the coating as Dusten did in this video. I think his approach might work quicker, but the other methods work too. I have personally used mouthwash, mouthwash+paste. It took me about an hour.
Bro is it possible we can remove antiglare layer by company fitted
Thank you so much.
Video very good.
Magic eraser worked for me
Would this work on a 2018 MacBook Air ?
Hi, would it effect the screen or something? Thanks.
Did you shake the toilet bowl cleaner before using it?
Would this work on a 2016 MBP?
How can his MacBook screen turn like this?
All MacBooks with retina display has this issue? Will my 16-inch MacBook 2019 will suffer from this issue?
i have an end 2018 one and it happened.
@@shaymylar4693 ah shit man :( so it means my 2019's going to be affect too in future
@@junaidsiddiquemusic maybe. I got mine off of my bf, he swore it was dirt but he was mistaken so I'm hoping he takes off some $ from what he was originally gonna charge me...haha, its a downfall for sure. you know what?... maybe put a screen protector on your screen...... that should really help ... SHOULD. lol. for me, its too late. I just got it off of him so I'm not willing to put chemicals on the screen and fuck it up even more potentially, because I can't really see the marks when I'm using it, only can really see it when its shut off.
@@shaymylar4693 If it doesn't hamper anything during the usage then I am probably OK with it but then again if all the retina MacBooks since late 2012 has this issue then I swear to God the mid 2012's 13 and 15 inch MacBook Pros will forever remain king no matter what because they were upgradable and screen doesn't get delaminated.
Thanks for sharing, but I saw you rub so hard on the screen made my anxiety going like 📈📈📈 😅
@The Insanely Great Apple Channel if he scratch too hard it would just cost much money to do screen replacement :") fortunately the screen was fine after he done cleaning.
How often does this happen? Never seen it before.
Allll the time. Apple has recall on them, but only for a certain time after purchase
@@Dusten04 you mean it will delaminate again after I finish rubbing it
@The Insanely Great Apple Channel this video was an example on how to do the job, as I’ve been asked several times now. Also, please show me at what point I damaged the glass?
are these coatings on the new macbook air m1?
I don’t think so
I’ll want to be your student Sir
the name products please
Hello sir. Interesting video.
Quick question what’s the kgf/ sq cm you used?
Have you tried a scraper?
😂
#offended
I just used distilled water on a lint-free cloth and it went away!
Windex isn't what you ever use on a computer display so of course it made white residue like that...
Is that a bleach based toilet cleaner or benzalkonium?
Very important bit of information to be missed I thought
The active ingredient is hydrochloric acid
Nice tip mate
Bro it works thanks
It worked... Thanks
Hey great video!!!
Can you list all the stuff?
Sorry I’m from the UK & what is ISL?
The liquid thingy
ISO isopropylalkohol
Im sure it’s great as long as you don’t accidentally make chloroform
Did you say “too ginger”😂
Yuppppp 😂😂😂🤣🤣
supper
Why would you want to do this?
Merci bien fonctionne très très bien😂❤
Where is the Remove? This is only cleaning...