# Replacement keyboard keys. Where to find.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-keyboard-keys-where-to-find/173692
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [May 7, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-keyboard-keys-where-to-find/173692 "2003-05-07T16:27:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Omnivore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnivore)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-keyboard-keys-where-to-find/173692/1 "2003-05-07T16:27:03Z")
Does anyone know where I can buy the alphabetic keyboard keys for my HP keyboard? Too many of them have the letters worn off and this cheap thing (bought from SAMS) is only a couple of years old. I once saw replacement keys sold in a bag at some store a few years ago, but now I don’t know where to go.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@Gumbercules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gumbercules)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-keyboard-keys-where-to-find/173692/2 "2003-05-07T16:35:43Z")
Why not just replace the keyboard?
You can get one for about $10 at WalMart
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### Author:  [@Gravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gravity)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-keyboard-keys-where-to-find/173692/3 "2003-05-07T16:58:45Z")
Or perhaps you have an inattentive co-worker…
J/K. I’ve seen new keyboards for as little as $7.
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### Author:  [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-keyboard-keys-where-to-find/173692/4 "2003-05-07T22:45:27Z")
how about a magic marker & write on the old keys?
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### Author:  [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-keyboard-keys-where-to-find/173692/5 "2003-05-07T22:57:16Z")
If you’re typing on it that much, you ought not to need the letters anymore . . . 😛 Seriously, in some typing classes back in dinosaur times there used to be typewriters with blank caps to discourage looking at your fingers. :eek:
I second the vote to just get a new keyboard. They’re cheap and much easier to find than replacement keys. (And faster to replace than individual keys!)