# What is the best thing to use to clean DVD's?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-use-to-clean-dvds/176727>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 22, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-use-to-clean-dvds/176727 "2003-05-22T03:06:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrentLumkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@BrentLumkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrentLumkin)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-use-to-clean-dvds/176727/1 "2003-05-22T03:06:31Z")

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On my Nightmare Before Christmas DVD, there seems to be just a bit of something on the DVD and I want to know what would be best to use to clean it. It isn’t scratches, it’s just more like, a suppose you could call it a smear of something, lol.

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**Author:** ![MajorTom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@MajorTom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MajorTom)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-use-to-clean-dvds/176727/2 "2003-05-22T03:32:37Z")

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Rubbing alcohol has worked for me. It takes off any “sharpie” mistakes on the front and doesn’t seem to harm the data side.

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-use-to-clean-dvds/176727/3 "2003-05-22T04:19:34Z")

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[Warner Brothers (New Zealand) FAQ to Cleaning DVDs](http://www.warnerbros.co.nz/main/FAQ/cleaning.htm)