# What does degaussing my monitor do?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-degaussing-my-monitor-do/225864>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 24, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-degaussing-my-monitor-do/225864 "2004-01-24T18:37:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-degaussing-my-monitor-do/225864/21 "2004-01-31T18:49:00Z")

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Ok, Ok. I know when I’m beat. I’m still not 100% convinced about the necessity for doing so, but I’ll concede that CRT manufacturers do, in fact, make units for each hemisphere.

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