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Remove ink pen from LCD monitor

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If you end up with ink pen on your LCD screen try a damp cloth (only slightly moist) and some hand soap. My 4 year old decide to scribble on my laptop monitor and this took it right off, with no effects to it.

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Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Comments By: suz325xi

This tip works great!! My 5 yr-old marked all over my new 21" LCD monitor screen with a ballpoint pen-YIKES! Called Gateway and Best Buy- nothing will remove it, they said. So, thank you for an easy fix!!!

Didn't work for me Comments By: Jimmy

My kids decided to draw all over the monitor with a ballpoint pen. Tried everything from dishwashing soap to the above mentioned hand soap. What kinda handsoap do you use anyway? Must be some heavy duty stuff. So finally I tried nail-polish remover. Worked like a charm. Dunno if it did any damage to the screen tho... Time will tell.

Thank you Comments By: Steve

This has worked for me, yougest daughter scribbled on the screen, the soap worked, but had to be a bit more vigorous than expected, no apparent damage to the screen

Hairspray Comments By: Shannon

Soap did not work for me. Tried hairspray (works on clothes). Worked perfect. Put on dry soft, cloth - used medium pressure. Done.

Hairspray Comments By: Samantha

Thank God for hairspray. I wasn't sure how I was going to explain to my husband that our budding Picasso created a pen and ink on our new LCD monitor. Sprayed hairspray on an old cloth diaper and rubbed vigoriously (but not TOO vigoriously). Monitor seems fine.

baby almost for sale Comments By: Terry

my 2 year old took a ball point to my lcd-It would not come off with SkreenKleen. I used a damp soft cloth with warm water and about a teaspoon of liquid Ajax kitchen sink dish soap. It work great with no sign of marks.

Rubbing Alchohol Comments By: Chris

Tried screen cleaner and hairspray on a Dell LCD with no luck...ordinary rubbing alchohol worked like a charm.

Hairspray Comments By: Amy

Without a doubt, hairspray rules! It worked great. Just put a little on a diaper and rub off the ink-gently. Once the hairspray dries, you have to keep applying it. My children scribbled all over my flat screen lcd monitor with a ball-point pen, and the computer stores said they didn't have anything that would remove it....Hairspray!!!!

well it worked! Comments By: corri

my 2 year old is always looking to color so he got to my monitor (not the first time but before it was a sharpie) it was all over and bugging me i tried the soap and water on a washcloth and with a bit of work I got most of it off. Thanks so much!

Rubbibg Alcohol rules Comments By: Pebaz

Applied rubbibg alcohol with q-tip, worked great

Excellent Advice Comments By: Steve

My 3 year old 'great-granddaughter' liked the way a pen made it easier to follow one of her games. Again, thank you for such a terrific, economical fix.

Worked as promised Comments By: Hank

--Whew

Thank you for hand soap Comments By: Leilani

My 18 month old climbed up the computer chair and opened a ball point pen and scribbled all over my husbands brand new 21' LCD screen. I was freaking I know nothing about computer care. I took a damp towel with hand soap (dial) and it came right off. Thank you so much!

Rubbing Alcohol Comments By: Janna

My 2 year old got to my husband's beloved 19" flatscreen with a ball point pen when I was taking a shower. Oh Fricking No!!!

Tried soap and water with no luck, tried a little bit of clorox spray bleach on a corner area, no luck... Searched the internet and found this thread. Tried the hairspray, worked a little, but not well.

Then, tried the rubbing alcohol. WooHoooo!, it came off with ease. Dear Hubby will be home for lunch in half hour and will never know a thing. I did a quick wipe down with water and a little bit of soap to remove any residue from my efforts. Looks great. (My kid is still on my bad list for the day) lol.

WD-40 Comments By: Kyle

Just use a little WD-40.

Hairspray then soapy water Comments By: Daniel Fraser

Hair spray worked for me. Then a damp cloth to clean the residue.

Thank you so much - alcohol did the trick. Comments By: Anon

The soapy water didn't do a thing - neither did the fancy cleaner from the apple store but the rubbing alcohol worked like a charm. My 11 year old can move outta the garage now (that was a joke).

Great fix! Comments By: Erin

The handsoap on a damp cloth worked perfectly for my 2-year-old's mini-escapade with a Bic pen on my LCD monitor. To my surprise it came off in less than a minute of light pressure scrubbing. Thanks for the tip!

70% rubbing alcohol! Comments By: Bonnie

Soap was a no go for me on ball point pen. Not even a fade. But my 70% rubbing alcohol, undiluted, worked great Too it right off.

Magic Eraser Comments By: ~~~

I just removed red nail polish moments ago from my laptop screen using the Mr. Clean magic eraser. Worked like a charm!! Try this for pen marks.

Removed the ink, Hurray!!! Comments By: relieved

My 3yr old scribbled on my computer lcd monitor with a pen, the suggestion worked for me!!! I had to apply firm pressure on the monitor.

WhooooHoooooo Comments By: Rachelle

thanks for the tip...used a damp papertowel and bath and body hand soap on the pretty pen picture my 1 year old did on my laptop monitor. took longer than i thought and required more pressure than i was comfortable but tahhhdahhhh it is gone. thanks for the tip!!!!

Liquid Soap did the trick...many thanks Comments By: John

Done. 5 STAR

No Way! Comments By: Anon

They say not to use alcohol or hairspray for it can have some long term damage so if you just take a baby wipe and some elbow grease it'll come off in about 3-5 min.!!!

Soap no Go - Alcohol is the way! Comments By: Ann

The soapy water did not work, but I used some anti-bacterial hand gel (70% alcohol) and it work like a charm! Thank you for this tip! Try it, it works with no damage!

Rubbing alcohol all the way Comments By: Anon-da

Just used some alcohol wipes I happened to have handy after reading this forum... worked beautifully!

Rubbing Alcohol Comments By: Chris

OK, after soap, spot remover, and hair spray the winner in 4.6 secs was Rubbing Alcohol. The others did not work at all on my 21" lcd Thanks for the tip as it proves my point alcohol is good for everyone and now everything.

I think you just saved a life!!! LOL Comments By: Kevin

I have 3 yr old twins and one of them decided to take a ball point pen to my brand new 40" lcd samsung 1080p television i was going to hurt one of them! lol, God Bless this thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

There is light! Comments By: Lynne

Ballpoint pen and nothing worked. Tried handsoap (maybe not the right kind) and it did nothing. No hairspray to be found. Thank goodness for alcohol! It worked like a charm.

Zestfully clean Comments By: Amy

3 year old drew on lcd computer screen. Screen cleaner did not work. Zest on damp micro fiber cloth cleaned it all off!!!!!11

WooHoo for alcohol Comments By: Emily

blue ball point pen marks on my flat screen monitor, courtesy of my 20-month-old came off in 5 seconds using a q-tip dipped in Isopropyl rubbing alcohol (I used very light pressure and they came off with ease). Now I don't have to make hubby anxious or upset about the monitor being ruined yay!!

nail polish remover Comments By: chris

worked like a charm

You are all amazing! Comments By: jilly

My 5 year old had just drawn on my brand new lcd screen tv with a ball point pen, again the internet has come to my rescue, I used hairspary (harmony) on the marks just as everyone said and was amazed, I didnt even have to rub just gently wipe, even my very red faced angry smoke blowing husband was amazed (he had just bought the tv today!) Thank you everyone.

Thanks! Comments By: Micah

Used rubbing alcohol and a Q-tip as suggested above. No more pen marks! Hooray.

HAIRSPRAY!!! Comments By: wwoodson

Tried soap & water, then glass cleaner without success. Hair spray worked perfect!

Rubbing alcohol & a qtip even worked on black Sharpie!! Comments By: Cindy

I have a 42" LCD. When we were moving, a black SHARPIE (permanent) marker leaked and splattered all across the screen! As you can imagine, we were all flippin' out! haha! I tried the rubbing alcohol with a qtip and they came right off amazingly easy! Thank you! Thank you!

Hairspray Comments By: liz

Hairspary worked great!

handsoap worked Comments By: JJ

My two year old got ours. I used the handsoap but I had to let it sit on the monitor for a few minutes before rubbing....this worked well.

It Worked! Comments By: Anon

Just removed ball point pen from our NEW TFT monitor with a damp cloth and some washing-up detergent. It took a bit of rubbing, but its all gone. Cheaper than a new screen!

God Bless Em! Comments By: Glenn

I had to laugh reading these posts. The joys of parenting. Just brought a brand new 22" monitor and after leaving the room, found my 2 yr had scratch the surface with a screwdriver and then scribbled on it. Learned to live with the scratches but the ink was irritating. Hairspray did the trick. Thanks for the advice.

Magic Eraser Comments By: Jeff

Soap and water did not work for me. Imatation Mr. Clean Magic Eraser worked great!

Thank you! Comments By: Shauna

My 23 month old colored on my screen with crayon, I was freaking out! crying and everything, so thankgoodness I found these answers, I used regular damp cloth and nothing so I used regular bar soap and woola, hopefully it wont do any long term damage. Thank you thankyou!

Thanks! Comments By: Cooper

Our 3-yr old Picasso'd all over our LCD monitor. Another poster mentioned baby wipes - which are always within reach in our house. Besides, was too lazy to go upstairs and grab hairspray or alcohol - lol. The baby wipes (Huggies) worked like a charm. Didn't have to use any pressure at all. Thanks for all the suggestions!

Hairspray Comments By: Kristen

THANKS on the hairspray tip. My two year old decided to color with a ballpoint pen on my new lcd monitor. I just sprayed a little bit of hairspray into a cloth and wiped the ink right off. EASY. Thanks a million.

soap vs nail polish remover Comments By: Andrew

nail polish kicked the soaps azzzzzzz love DAD

amazing Comments By: Storm

I accidently put an ink spot on mine & thought it was hopeless. The damp cloth/hand soap worked great!! Thank you!

Rubbing Alcohol does the trick! Comments By: VJH

Rubbing Alcohol was a sure proven way to remove pen ink from your LCD Monitor.
What a relief!

Hairspray Comments By: Anon

alcohol, hand soap didn't work. Nervous about "elbow grease". Tried a TINY bit of hairspray, removed it like it was nothing more than dust. No damage to screen (yet?!)

Nail Polish Remover. Comments By: Taylor

I got ink all over my tv, because my pen broke. Long story. But I left it there for abotu a week because it didn't really bother me. THen I decided to clean it. FIrst I did soap and water, it didn't work at all, then hairspray, no luck. Then I tried nail polish remover and it worked amazingly. TOok it straight off no scrubbing involved.

Liquid Soap worked great! Comments By: Cindy Fisher

My 20 monthold just scribbled in black pen all over my HP 21" LCD computer screen. I read all of the suggestions given to remove it from rubbing alcohol to WD-40. I'm just not brave enough to use those harsh chemicals on a $700 monitor, so, I tried the liquid soap suggestion. I used clear antibacterial Softsoap brand liquid soap. I also used a soft bath towl and rubbed in circular motions. ALL OF THE PEN MARKS came off! Thanks for the suggestion!!!!

Alcohol Works Great Comments By: Celina

I had a kid scribble all over my flat screen monitor and my mouse pad with a ball point pen. I used acohol swabs and they took it right off. THANK YOU ALCOHOL!!!!

Thank you!! Comments By: April

It worked great! I have the same story as the rest, my 3 yr-old decided to draw on the screen. My fault for thinking he was old enough to go on the computer and practice his ABC's by himself. I need to make sure I'm always right there with him! Thanks again!

Hand soap works!! Comments By: Raquel

I gently rubbed soap lather over the ink marks on my LCD monitor and I could see the lines disappearing. Next I cleaned the TV screen. I tell you, it saved my evening.

Thank You! Comments By: anon

Damp cloth and AJAX dish detergent worked like a charm after my 5 year wrote on the monitor with an ink pen.

Yea for Hand Soap! Comments By: Anon

It worked! I thought I'd need something special to get the ink off, but this worked like a charm. Thank you!

Ivory Comments By: allyn

5.5yo daughter used ball-point pen on the lcd screen. Tried baby wipes and foaming hand soap. Nothing. But Ivory bar soap worked like a charm. Thanks for this thread, not sure I would have thought of using that otherwise.

Thanks ! Fantastic ! Comments By: Jansen

Liquid Soap works perfect.

Patience is the key Comments By: Jess Australia

my 3yr old scribble has just come off with a little dishwashing liquid on a paper towel & patience. Wipes no good, hand soap no good.

Thanks all now to throw out every pen, crayon, texta etc until she is 16!! :)

thanks Comments By: t

i have 47inch lcd it worked

My Monitor only had 3 clean days! Comments By: Mom mom trudy-bootie

My 2 1/2 year old granddaughter decided to draw a Picasso on my brand new monitor - I used hand soap on a dampened paper towel and it was great! Oh yeah she would have gotten away with it but her twin brother told on her.

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Comments By: Katie

rubbing alcohol worked awesome!!!!!

Yes!! Saved!!! Comments By: Angie

My husband was on his way home and my two year old scribbled all over the screen . Used the hairspray and viola!!! worked like a charm. I used it with time to spare and I saved the baby's hiney from a spanking lol.

Hooray Comments By: Denny James

After geting mad as my 4 year old scribbled on a PC monitor (LCD) I googled for a solution and found this....yes it worked. Many thanks to the original poster.

:-)

Whew........ Comments By: Lily

Thank you so much, I was going to try something crazy but instead I check the internet for solutions. My 3 year old wrote all over the TV following some Dora game. I tried the hand soap with water on a terry towel, all came off except one tiny section, I think she actually scrached that section, but it's less than 1 cm long. Hopefully no big deal. Thanks a lot

Unbelievable Comments By: Mike

I thought for sure that it wouldn't work because the ink had been on the screen for so long (unknown to me). I had tried specialized screen cleaner to no avail. It took a little elbow grease and warm water, but sure enough it came off.

oh yeah!!!!! Comments By: releived mamma

I LOVE THE FREAKIN INTERNET!!!!!! my 3 year old scribbled on my new lcd tv. (my husband thought it was the end of the world.) lol! the tv cleaner didn't work. nor did the hand soap, dish liquid, or baby wipes, and i was afraid to use rubbing alcohol so we tried the magic eraser! the ink came right off!! wooooohoooo!!!

Great Advice Comments By: Amber

My daughter wrote on my parent's computer screen. Thanks to your advice I had it cleaned up before any else saw it and now we're all spared having to view our computer through a 5 year olds drawing of a stick man surrounded by hearts!! Thanks!!!

I colored over the pens marks lol... Comments By: rob

The tipking had a great idea for sure, all I did was color over the pens marks with a dry-erase marker and wiped it off clean. No marks!

First Hairspray Comments By: Surfing Dad

The second time our three year old daughter used a pen on the monitor, I decided to google it and this site was listed at the top. We tried hairspray first and it took off both the new and old scribble. Hurrah for American ingenuity.

Tanqueray did the trick Comments By: Jeremy

A little glug onto some kitchen paper got the ballpoint pen off the screen a treat.

Ta.

Rubbing Alcohol Comments By: Nicole

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! 2 year old attacked monitor with pen! She writes on EVERYTHING! Rubbing alcohol on a qtip took the ball point ink off our Dell LCD monitor screen. No effects and VERY easy. THANK YOU for the idea!

use a soft eraser Comments By: rob the kiwi

just gently rub effected area with a soft pencil eraser -mint.Any ideas how to get a vivid marker off white Imac keyboard

Dish soap Comments By: Johanna

One of my girls 2-1/2 or 5 year olds colored with a ball point on my parents LCD monitor. They insist it was their grandfather. Liquid Joy dishsoap, soft cloth and little water. Water rinse... looks brand new.

Hand Sanitizer Comments By: Luke

just squirt on above the ink spot wait till it run on the ink use toilet paper if it doesn't disappear completely try it few more time

Alcohol Swab Comments By: Nikki

I was watching my recently turned 2 nephew, along with taking care of my own 3 year old and 7 month old. I got up to use the restroom, 5 minutes at max, and my nephew went Van Gogh on my living room. Not only did he scribble multiple color crayons on my wall (which I can easily remove) but he took colored sharpie to it as well, and then with a ball point black pen, scribbled on my brand new monitor. I tried Windex, Dawn antibacterial, baby wipes... nothing worked. I wasn't willing to use hair spray, I ruined a wall that way. So after reading this thread and checking online for the effect of alcohol on screens, I decided to use alcohol swabs I had left over from when my daughter was born. Worked perfectly! Rinsed it with a damp cloth and you can't even tell. Now my husband won't go bananas when he gets home. Thanks so much! Now to tackle the crayon and sharpie!!!

Rubbing alcohol ROCKS! Comments By: Joe Ryan

Worked like a charm. Thanks, All!

THANK YOU! Comments By: relieved

You spared me from a lifetime of whining! One of my 2 kids thought it would be nice to "improve" daddys new tv... good lookin out!

Husband will never know!!! Comments By: Anon

The hand soap worked!!!! His brand new monitor no longer has our 18 month old daughters art work! Best of all he'll never need to know about it.

nailpolish remover Comments By: steve

it works good it got pen off my lcd

1 Year Old ATTACKS!!! Comments By: Anon

I used hairspray noticed it had to be wet with hairspray to really come clean

My vote for Alcohol! Comments By: Rossi

Our 3 year old just scribbled all over the LCD screen with a pen! I was terrified, but quickly googled for solution and landed here. A drop of ethanol on a soft cloth removed everything with ease, no hard rubbing, just gently wiping! Marvellous!

Hairspray Comments By: anon

Hairspray worked great for me, 22 inch lcd screen, i thought was ruined. But my wife's hairspray worked like a charm.

Hairspray is the way to go Comments By: Di

We tried WD40 on blue biro, worked quite well but took a long time. We tried Silvikrin hairspray and it took it straight off no problem. 2 out of 5 for WD40, but a full 5 out of 5 for the hairspray.

Nail Polish Remover Comments By: Nada

accidentally got pen mark on keyboard of my mac laptop ... nail polish remover took it off perfectly!

ALCHOHOL & Q-TIP Comments By: Dan

Tried on a cloth but was a no go - was about to give up but then saw "Use a Q-Tip" so I did and it took a while but my screen no longer looks like a scribble board.
LIKE NEW AGAIN...

Mr. Clean Magic Eraser Comments By: Jodi

Works like a charm. Literally effortless! Just wet, wring out, and wipe across screen.

Soap and Water work!!! Comments By: Tara

Thank GOD I found this site. My little challenging 2.5 year old found a pen while I was getting my coffee this morning. He decided to leave his marks all over my brand new flat screen monitor that I just bought yesterday.

The dish soap and water trick worked for me!!! Thank you so much, my husband would have been UPSET if he got up and found that.

THANK-YOU HAIRSPRAY Comments By: Shell

My dad just bought me a new computer for my birthday and my two year old wrote all over the screen with a pen. Hairspray did the trick and the screen looks great. THANK-YOU.

... Comments By: Elef8eroskopefths

I have done it myself (what an idiot) while following a plot (maths) on my lcd monitor with a pen!!!! It was not touching the screen of course, but I succeeded to mark the monitor terribly
:@:@:@:@
but google-is-your-friend and only after 4 minutes and with some soap, was the screen clear
UP

Phew! Comments By: Simon

Regular hand soap worked for me, ta. Why are people afraid of 'husbands' finding out on this thread? Te-he. The two year old and his mother are blissfully asleep while I clean up his mess :-)

THANK YOU HAIRSPRAY!!!!!! Comments By: Jess

I didn't think my 2yr old son's art work would ever come off my 21" widescreen monitor i tried the soap, the alcohol, the nail polish remover, glass cleaner, baby wipes and then finally thanks to this site HAIRSPRAY and effortlessly the pen wiped off.

Hurrah for hairspray Comments By: Frances

Clean screen at last, thanks for the suggestion!

HAIRSPRAY Comments By: TIMMO

hairspray worked great. had the numbers 1,2,3,4 across new screen.spray hair spray on microfibre cloth and presto PEN GONE.. WOOOOHOOOOO

Hairspray Comments By: Ian

I had tried water, lcd cleaner, with no effect, then tried Insette hairspray and it worked, but I then wiped over with a damp cloth to remove any hairspray that might remain. BRILLIANT, THANKYOU

sanitizer Comments By: Tammy

My 2 year old took a ballpoint pen to my pc screen. Looked on the internet to find a solution and wella hand sanitizer on a Q-Tip removed it all. Thank Gawd before my husband found out!

Hand Sanitizer Comments By: jss_ed

My boss was pointing to my screen with a pen, and I ended up having dots everywhere! I didn't have rubbing alcohol or hairspray, but I used hand sanitizer that contained alcohol and it worked great!

thank god for small miracles Comments By: cathy

My three year old used a purple sharpie 3 days ago to draw on my husbands laptop screen and today I found bal point pen. thank you the dove hand soap and washcloth worked well. tomorrow all the markers and pens will all be put away. I have learned my lesson.

Rubbing Alcohol worked for me Comments By: Mike

91% rubbing alcohol worked great for me.

Magic Eraser triumphs again Comments By: Ethan

My 5 year old was watching a DVD on our home computer. He decided it was funny to write on the LCD screen with a blue pen he found on my desk. I was originally going to use rubbing alcohol but I didn't have any available. I scrolled down further and other person mentioned the Magic Eraser. I tried it and thank the lord (for his sake),no more pen marks. Took me less than a minute.

Magic Eraser triumphs again Comments By: Ethan

Vodka to the rescue!! Comments By: bluekube

Absolut, to be precise :). And, as always, it didn't let me down!

Found my sheepish 4 year old and a ball-point pen at the scene of the crime. I tried the soap + damp cloth; didn't work. And wasn't too keen to try the 'vigorous rubbing' bit as the Leneovo laptop was quite new and I surely didn't want any more disasters.

Now, to hide the Absolut bottle away from the kid!!

Rubbing Alcohol Comments By: anon

So my girlfriends daughter (2yrs old)decided to take a blue ball point pen to her new Dell LCD monitor. I put straight rubbing alcohol on an old sock unpluged everything and whiped it down a few times and it worked like a charm. no apperant damage as of yet!

saved by Lever 2000 Comments By: Margaret

Thank you so much for the excellent tip. I dampened one of those eyeglass cleaning cloths, rubbed it over a bar of Lever 2000, and with very little effort, the ball point pen ink came right off. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

WOW!!!!!!! Comments By: Rich

Alcohol did very little good, but hairspray took the sharpie marks that my 2 year old put on my monitor right off! Thanks a lot!

Thank God I found this! Comments By: LIN

Cheap Sauve hairspray and an old white t-shirt got the ink off the screen and now I NEVER have to mention it to hubby. Saved my nerves and my 4 yr. old's butt! Whew!

Totally worked Comments By: PJ

We are staying at a high end hotel in the bay area in California. I was sick to my stomach when i saw the huge flat screen with blue ball point ink scribbled all over it! I read your link, and my first try with a damp hot water washcloth and soap worked like a charm. I had to add pressure and I worked in circular motions. It ended up with a soap film on it, but i just softly kept wiping it with a warm clean wash cloth and its perfect now!!! THANK YOU!!!

VIVA SOAP!!! Comments By: Lanza

I had my 2yr in bed a nice cup of tea, sat down to watch some TV and .... i noticed the screen riddled with pen marks S**T!!! Warm water and soap worked a treat, the tv's only 3 weeks old too.

Hairspray is the BOMB!!!!! Comments By: Jordyn's Dad

Absolutely genius! Cleaned off the mess of my 16 month old.

99.9% Germ Free! Comments By: Jaime

My (almost) 2 year old decided to color my LCD computer screen with blue ball point pen...A little Purell on a Kleenex and it's gone...No scrubbing required! Now all the pen (and the germs!) are off my new screen! :)

Thank you!!! Comments By: Jenny

Oh thank you so much! I was having a meltdown when the screen wipes weren't getting it off. The soap and water on a cloth diaper worked awesome!!!

great..tq Comments By: pingu

ive also hav the same prob.n im worried..n i tried to fing the solution..at just 1 click i found this site..tq 4 evryone

Amazing ! Comments By: Greg

Dettol antibacterial surface cleaner...a little pressure...some patience...voila ! Perfectly clean tv again !

Alcohol for tree sap Comments By: Lizard

Ok, a little off topic, but rubbing alcohol will also remove tree sap from car finishes. Try to get 90% isopropyl. Put it on a soft rag (old t-shirt)and let it sit for several minutes befor gently wiping off.

Hairspray is a life saver Comments By: Kat

Was reading the forum cuz my 3 years old decided he was gonna do a maze on my computer and decided that a pen would be easier lol. Went and got a bottle of hairspray. sprayed it right on the monitor and u could see the ink start to run!. Works like a charm ladies!

Baby Wipes All the Way! Comments By: Chenille

I was mortified when I saw pen marks on my NEW LCD monitor I bought a month ago. I saw the commments and went to go get soap when I walked by a pack of baby wipes I use for my 2 year old son. It hit me right away. So I used the wipes and it worked under 60 seconds with a good rub.

Thank heavens Comments By: Lottiegwa

Glad to see that I am not the only one with a little darling who can sometimes be a real gremlin. Baby wipes did not work. Alcohol (Japanese sake) on a Q-tip helped a little. Hairspray on a diaper followed by a damp cloth wipe over did it. Thank you!!

Worked ok... Nail Polish Remover worked better! Comments By: Jorelle

My 2-year-old just wrote all over our flat screen monitor. I tried the water and soap thing and got out most of it with a lot of scrubbing. I tried the nail polish remover on the rest of it and got it off easy!

Nail Polish Remover Comments By: Anurag

My 3 yr old tried to draw a picture on my 19" LCD moniter using a ball point pen. I was shocked to see when anything didn't worked for me (moist cloth, glass cleaner).

I happened to use Nail Polish Remover. It worked perfect. Just take a peice cotton, few drops of nail polish remover and everything simply vanished...

Great....

Hairspray AWESOME Comments By: Julie

Thanks hairspray worked! Once again a 3 year old. At least it wasn't the screwdriver this time! www.loosepants.com

You saved me! Comments By: anon

Our daughter wrote in a small area with a sharpie. Used your tip and it worked like a dream. Thank you!!!!

Hand soap Comments By: Anon

Damp cloth. A squirt of hand soap. Rub it into the cloth. Then gently rub screen. Rinse screen with wet towel. Wipe screen with dry cloth. Done

Thank you! Comments By: Anon

My 18 mo old found a pen and marked up our monitor. This tip was fantastic!! Thank you for the advice!!

remove blue ink from lcd screen Comments By: greg y

i took this advice and worked great,my 2yr old took a blue ink pen and scribbled on my screen took a damp wet towel w/ hand soap rubbed it around a little took it right off wow cant believe it

Magic Eraser saved the TV!! Comments By: Casey

SO I was really unsure about trying anything on the TV it says not to but my 36 month old found a pencil and wanted to color Mickey Mouse...I tried just a rag,the wipes you by for the screen, alcohol and said oh whatever I went for the magic eraser! I wiped it right back down behind it but it worked right away!!!

Hand Sanitizer Comments By: Kevin Roberts

I work for the National Health Service and we are supplied with Hand Sanitizer who's active ingredient is alcohol. I used the hand sanitizer in gel form to wipe away biro marks from my lcd. Worked like a charm!

hairsapray Comments By: renaye bell

thank god for hair spray and this thread my 18 month old just drew on her daddy tv with both pen and nicko worked a treat THANKYOU

A save the day tip! Comments By: J

I tried the hand soap but found that DAWN liquid handwashing/dishwashing soap worked for me. It does take some gentle elbow grease though. I read that alcohol will yellow the screen over time so be careful of the alcohol content.

Hairspray by far Comments By: thank God

my 3 year old son thought it would be fun to outline spongebob on my lcd screen I tried soap and water baby wipes and finally Hairspray in an instant the ink was gone just had to clean up the residue with the baby wipe. Thank You!!

Please don't use nail polish remover!! Comments By: TheChief

YOU MAY USE:

A little liquid soap and water is fine, but may not work in all cases.

Isopropyl Alcohol is safe to use, sparingly.

Many commercial glass cleaners that DO NOT contain ammonia are usually safe (ArmorAll glass cleaner made for car window glass, for instance).

BUT DO NOT USE:

Acetone

Nail Polish Remover (contains acetone)

Ammonia or ammonia containing cleaners (such as Windex or similar)

Ethyl Alcohol

HAIRSPRAY Comments By: MizConduct1007

My 2yr old decided to use an ink pen all over her 9 yr old sisters Nintendo DS that she had just gotten that day! Thanks goodness for this site!!! I sprayed hairspray on a microfiber towel and it came RIGHT OFF!!!!

Saved my butt! Comments By: Katina

My 2 yr old scribbled on my mom's mac. I used Ivory hand soap..the bar kind, and it came right off! Thank you so much, I thought I owed her a new computer

Hairspray worked! Comments By: Anon

My husband will be home soon and our 22 month old wrote ALL OVER my LCD monitor with ball point pen! THANK YOU SO MUCH for the advice. Used hairspray, an old cloth diaper and a little pressure and it worked!!!

It works! Comments By: Brad

All gone. The toughest thing was not losing it on my 2 year old terror of a boy. Now if anyone knows how to stop the monsters!!!!!??? ;-)

rubbing alcohol Comments By: Shelly

I tried using baby wipes first to remove ink from our LCD, but it did not work. I then switched to rubbing alcohol. It came right off and did not harm screen.

Hairspray!!! Comments By: Amber

Thank you everyone who posted Hairspray! it worked!!!!! My 2 year old scribbled all over my father in laws brand new lcd tv!!!!it came off great!!!

OMG!!! Comments By: Artists Mom

Foaming handsoap melted it away thank you! I wish I could give it more stars.

Removing ink from computer monitor Comments By: Dawn

This worked awesome for me. If you have a microfiber cloth, I think it would more safe for the monitor.

Rubbing Alcohol Worked Comments By: Angela S.

My 3 1/2 year old used ink pen tried soap and water did not work. Then I read here the advice about rubbing alcohol, I just want to say a big THANK YOU!!!

Worked Like a Charm Comments By: Mike

My 3yr old son colored on my monitor with a pen today. Then tells me he thought I would like it.

So I am going to try soap and water.

I just did the soapy water that everyone here has mentioned, and it worked. It took the pen mark right off. Thank You Friends

Hair spray Comments By: Erik

Use hair spray. I grabbed some Garnier Fructis stuff my wife had and sprayed it on a washcloth. A little gentle wiping and the ink was gone from my LCD monitor. Perfect!

terror toddler Comments By: Anon

i freaked when my 2 year old drew all over the monitor with a ball point pen. Rubbing alcohol with a soft kleenex did the job. Not a spot left. thank god.

HAIRSPRAY !!! Comments By: Pam

My grandson ruined my 14" monitor and finally caved and bought a 21" and guess what...same as all of you he wrote on it with the ink pen and used hair spray...tried soap, alcohol, etc on the 14". The hair spray worked with a soft tissue and then cleaned with the monitor cleaner. Thanks tons for the thread.

Zeiss Lens Cloth Comments By: pb

used Zeiss Lens cloth which is for cleaning LCD monitors. It contains Isopropyl alcohol and no amonia.

Handsoap Comments By: Michelle

Hand soap worked on my LCD TV. Thanks! I guess I will keep my 2 year old after all.

Ink Off screen Comments By: Ammasmama

My 15 month old took a pen to my computer when I walked out to the kitchen. I don't kmow where I saw it, but pencil eraser took it right off.

Workee Comments By: Ed

5 yr old + ballpoint pen + Brand new 21 in. Monitor + Alone for 20 min = Bad News. My litte picasso did some damage in a short amount of time. the soap and water fixed it, or should I say saved his life!!! Thanks for the tip.

Thank you!! Comments By: ellie

It worked! was so angry at my 3 year old for scribling on my monitor:)

Hairspray Comments By: John

I had tried soap and water with no luck. Hairspray on a washcloth did the trick in seconds flat with very little rubbing.

Hair Spray works like a charm Comments By: Anon

My two year old son just scribbled on my lcd monitor! I tried a damp soft cloth but that didn't work...I flipped out! Thanks for the hairspray suggestion because it took it right off. Saved me a $180.

Whoo hoo Comments By: Sarah

Another child was almost up for sale. Also 2 yrs of age, my daughter took a ball point pen to my flatscreen. A little warm water and lemon Joy did the trick. I will say that I needed to apply more pressure than I thought.

Thanks everyone! Comments By: CAT

My 2 yr old scribbled on our LCD flat screen with a pen. Thanks to everyone... I experimented with 2 things. For my first attempt, I used a baby wipe on 1/2 of the stained area. It removed 75%. Then, I tried a drop of liquid soap & a splash of water onto a microfiber cloth. That did the trick!

Hand Soap just made a mess! Comments By: Kenny

Waterless hand sanitizer 62% Ethyl Alcohol by content was miraculous. After a little windex it's like new. NOTE these were NOT applied directly to the screen. Lint free cloth is my suggestion.

Saved by the wipey! Comments By: Linds

My boyfriend loves his tv its like a second child!!! while he was at work and i was cleaning the other day our two year old decided to draw the sistine chapel on his tv! lol i about died! got a wipe and it worked wonders!!!

2yr old daughter nearly up for sale Comments By: James

My 2 year old "expressed" her art skills on my 37" Philips LCD TV - Agghhh. Used one of these antibacterial swabs (70% alcohol)dabbed onto a microfibre cloth and biro came out quickly.

Baby Wipe and kitchen towel Comments By: Chris

A non scented baby wipe, a bit of elbow grease, then wipe off the moisture with a dry kitchen towel, keep repeating this and it'll do the trick. Worked for me and no damage either, great stuff!

My 8 year old says: "IT ACTUALLY WORKED!!!!" Comments By: Relieved Mom

Soft cloth with handsoap worked like a charm. My eight year old daughter who "accidentally" drew on the monitor was very relieved!

Worked perfect Comments By: Les

Same issue. 3 yr old and ball point pen on 19 in LCD. used sock, hand soad and water. came off with very little effort or pressure. Thanks.

RUBBING ALCOHOL Comments By: Ian

IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO. it takes seconds . Forget the hand soap. It sucks

Hairspray to the rescue!!! Comments By: Anon

Thank you so very much to everyone who recommended the hairspray fix. I was VERY skeptical, but it worked fantastic! I am SO relieved that our brand new TV (and my 2 year old) has been saved!

Baby wipes! Comments By: Sara

Toddler climbed up on the desk while I was in the bathroom throwing up (pregnant!) Tried the damp cloth, soap, hairspray, it got a little... would have been fine if it were my monitor but it was my husbands and he does not have patience for this kind of thing! Tried the baby wipes and it came off easily and you can't even see it on close inspection. Thank you so much who gave that tip above!!!!! You're a life saver!

gone baby gone with nail polish remover Comments By: mrs.cooper

I was frantic to find where the two year old had a drawing fest and of course it was on my lcd computer monitor and my new leather purse.Nail polish remover work great no side effects. Also worked on the leather purse!!!!!!

soapy telly!! Comments By: Gina

fantastic, i was so worried when my 20 month old daughter doodled all over our lcd telly! so i ran to the laptop to see if it was removable and found this tip. i ran to the bathroom and grabbed a face cloth and covered it in soap and started to rub the telly down! it's never had such a good clean! and not a speck of pen left! thank you so much!

Trouble times two! Comments By: Kirsten

To my huge astonishment I came upon my 19 month twins having a hay day with a ball point pen on my husbands flatscreen computer! I about peed my pants! Googled a fix instantly! Water with soap and washcloth worked wonders! Thanks for the tip!

Alcohol worked on HDTV Comments By: Kathy

Alcohol was one of the recommendations here and was also recommended by my mom and brother for ink on my HDTV. It worked great! No rubbing needed.

USE POLISH REMOVER, ALL THE WAY!!!!! Comments By: elka

I have an hyperactive 8 years old kid who decided it wanted to experiment our wrath and drew on our brand new 42' flat screen plasma TV screen. I was devastated and called Best Buy and they tried to sell us some 40$ product. But I thought Googling the issue before, and then I came here. Tried polish remover and it worked RIGHT AWAY like a charm. No harm to tv, didn't have to rub or anything. So unless there are actual scratches, you're safe :) Good luck everyone!!

It worked! Comments By: Robby

My 4yo used a black pall point pen on my screen and I scolded her good... now I feel guilty because it came right off. Thanx to the person who started this thread because the soap and water worked also there was a lil bit that didn't come off so I used what the other ladies suggested with the 70% alcohol and a q tip and all is well!
Thanx!

ink on lcd screen Comments By: rich

this tip work pretty well didn't take it all off but 90%. better than it was, thanks.

Alcohol Works great Comments By: SLewis

My 2 year old, wrote on my 22 inch Dell widescreen HD and plain Alcohol on a QTip worked great. The ink came right off as soon as the alcohol touched the screen.

computer written on by pen Comments By: travrosty

hand sanitizer takes off pen marks on an lcd screen, dry erase marker takes off "permanent" marker on lcd screen.

hairspray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Comments By: sabrina

i love you it worked !!!!!!

Rubbing alcohol on a qtip, sure beats babywipe and soapy water hands down! Comments By: Alex

My 3-year old son improvised with a black ballpoint pen all over our computer's LCD screen. I then tried an alcohol-free baby wipe, it didn't do a thing. Tried rubbing alcohol on a Qtip, it took it right off. My son would like to express his sincere relief and gratitude to www.tipking.co.uk

TipKing says: Great :-)

A 4yo on a rampage Comments By: Jay

Going to try the alcohol.....42 inch LCD TV is scribbled up and I am fuming right now.

BABY WIPES SAVED ME!!! Comments By: anon

My 2 yr. old daughter scribled on papa's flat screen tv, baby wipes took it right off, thanks 4 the tip!!

the rubbing alcohol actually works Comments By: Anon

Thanks to this site i got the ink off with some rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball, wiped off with dry side. thanks all

hairspray 4 me! Comments By: jim

tried soapy water like suggested did not work, applied a squirt of hairspray on a cloth and rubbed gently, did the job! no visible damage to the screeen as of yet and pen removed.
thanks you guys

Mary Kay saved he day. Comments By: Anon

Our 2 year old daughter colored on our LCD monitor with a black pen. We used Journey, a Mary Kay perfume on a microfiber cloth and it came right off. Thank you lord.

HAIRSPRAY Comments By: EDD WEBB

22" COMPUTER LCD MONITOR TRIED CLOTH WITH WARM WATER AND SOAP NO LUCK... TRIED HAIRSPRAY AND WENT INSTANTLY!! THANK GOD
*********WARNING*********
ONLY LEAVE HAIRSPRAY ON FOR 10 SECS OTHERWISE WILL EFFECT SCREEN - AFTER USE WIPE OFF WITH MOIST SOAPY CLOTH

Dish soap worked! Comments By: ryan price

brand new monitor