How To Clean Your Dishwasher Filter

Clean your dishwasher in a few quick and easy steps, using basic household products you already have. Get rid of your smelly odors in your dishwasher with the following items: baking soda, white vinegar, dish soap, measuring cup, toothbrush, screwdriver (optional).


00:00 Introduction
00:18 Step 1: Finding your filter
00:36 Step 2: Remove the filter
01:27 Step 3: Wash the filter
01:39 Step 4: Put clean filter back
01:59 Conclusion

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[binky]

Excellent to-the-point video. I hate videos that start with music and special effects. Just show me the solution!

[jakelane]

I'm here because my 85 year-old dad does not have a smartphone or computer. He made a good point, "I spend $1, 200 on a dishwasher and they can't print a #@$!?#$@?! manual that illustrates how to do that?"

[khundkar]

Literally the simplest, most helpful video on YouTube!!! Thank you

[CJ-tkuv]

I did not knew that my dishwasher had a removable filter that I could clean until I watched your video.

Thank you for the step by step process.

[Angelccmf]

Best video!!!! Literally explains the process you need to do for such a simple clean. I’m still disgusted in what I found in my dishwasher

[rosekay]

Well that was a nasty discovery. I hope everyone who moves into a new home does this before their first wash.
I ran a cleaner through mine first but these dishes just weren't getting clean, no matter how expensive the soap was. Thank you a ton!

[hingtaylor]

Straight to the point. Easy to understand. Thank you!

[kikis]

OMG it was SO GROSSSS. Thank you for saving me a thousand bucks. I was ready to buy a new dishwasher.

[askLTD]

Wow great, easy, informative, directional video -- thank you! I'm heading to the kitchen now to clean my filters! Done. So easy! My filters were pretty clean, I used a soft toothbrush to clean the gunk out from the filters and the filter area (inside the dishwasher). I had a piece of broken glass in my reservoir, so be careful when reaching into it.

[MrPootzen]

my GE dishwasher had a couple parts that screwed in the coarse mesh filter but they came right out - thank you!

[RoofRepairSpecialist]

Great video! Well done and so easy to understand

[tomwoody]

Advice about first ensuring that your dishwasher has a filter was helpful. If I didn’t know some dishwasher didn’t have filters I probably would’ve ended up tearing mine apart looking for the filter

[universal]

Thank you so much for sharing this very informative video 😊

[hineighbor]

oh shit i've never changed my filter and the dishwasher is like 8 years old

[ladyS]

Do you know how much this has saved me money it was so nasty omg thank you much

[robertofontaine]

Thanks it really help. thanks to you no more smelly dishwasher... thanks

[chewbacca]

Nothing like my dishwasher but it was easy enough to clean. Thanks for the insight.

[evcman]

Thanks! The filter keeps food particles from going down the drain plumbing, so then you just wash it out in the sink so the food particles go down the drain plumbing...

[poornimadevi]

It worked for me, very easy to clean the filter when following the steps .thank you so much.

[skincarelover]

Dude that was awesome thank you! Yikes mine was dirty