The ingredients do make sense for dealing with oily stains, but there's a problem with this hack — and our laundry expert has a way better solution.

Using disinfectant products isn’t an automatic free pass to a germ-free life. You have to use disinfectants correctly to reap the benefits, including staying healthy.

If you stockpiled disinfectants last year at the beginning of the pandemic, now’s a great time to check your stash.

Numbers 4, 6, and 7 will prove to be especially useful.

And great news: Some of them you can find online!

No, a steam mop is not a great idea, according to the experts.

According to experts, some parts of our infection prevention routine are still as important as they were last spring. Other practices aren’t as significant as we thought.

Not all cloths are created equal. Which one you grab from your stock ultimately depends on what you’re cleaning.

I’ll admit, I wondered if it was one of those infomercial-style gadgets that sounded awesome but would end up unused in a closet. But I got it home and here's how it went.

We asked a laundry expert to look at the label and tell us what's really happening in those "after" photos of dark brown wash water.

Slime can leave you in quite a sticky situation, especially if you have messy — er, creative — kids like mine.

I had been opening drawers, digging through closets, and organizing basement corners I hadn’t touched in months — it was so obvious.

We showed the TikTok to a plumber, and he had a way better suggestion.

We asked cleaning pros for the annoying (but 100% true) answers.

TikTok confirmed my suspicion that I’m missing a crucial toilet-cleaning step – and maybe you are, too.

In theory, it should work — but there are some caveats.

It probably won’t be as difficult or time-consuming as you think!

I got it at Target as a stocking stuffer last year and I love everything about it.

You just... put vinegar in a dish and bake it? Seems like a scam, but OK. Let's try it.

A daily shower spray could certainly be part of your routine, if you want to be an overachiever. But it's not the most important thing.

We all want our hard work (especially on the grosser chores!) to be worth it, right?

now that everyone’s eating at home so much more frequently, conquering those mountains of dishes—even with the help of a dedicated appliance—can get a little tedious. Take these simple steps to make your appliance work harder.

As of October, there were close to 4 billion uses of the hashtag “#cleaning,” with “#cleanup,” “#cleaninghack,” and “#cleanthatup” trailing closely behind with a few hundred million tags each.