https://community.squareup.com/t5/Payments-Troubleshooting/Cleaning-the-card-reader/m-p/160550#M21537 <P>Having trouble reading the cards when they are inserted. Seems like the reader is dirty inside. Any way to clean it?</P> Sat, 20 Sep 2025 13:29:58 GMT PicnicBasket 2025-09-20T13:29:58Z https://community.squareup.com/t5/Payments-Troubleshooting/Cleaning-the-card-reader/m-p/160550#M21537 <P>Having trouble reading the cards when they are inserted. Seems like the reader is dirty inside. Any way to clean it?</P> Sat, 20 Sep 2025 13:29:58 GMT https://community.squareup.com/t5/Payments-Troubleshooting/Cleaning-the-card-reader/m-p/160550#M21537 PicnicBasket 2025-09-20T13:29:58Z https://community.squareup.com/t5/Payments-Troubleshooting/Cleaning-the-card-reader/m-p/160761#M21538 <P>Hey <a href="https://community.squareup.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/265919">@PicnicBasket</a>! Happy to see a new face here in the Seller Community.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="https://www.sellercommunity.com/t5/Business-Resources/Cleaning-your-Square-Hardware-FAQS/td-p/156626#Cleaning%20your%20Point%20of%20Sale%20Square%20Reader" target="_blank">Check out this article </A>that has some suggestions on how you can clean your reader. This should hopefully help get you back up and running!</P> Fri, 03 Apr 2020 18:16:24 GMT https://community.squareup.com/t5/Payments-Troubleshooting/Cleaning-the-card-reader/m-p/160761#M21538 nika 2020-04-03T18:16:24Z