Cleaning Checklist for Things/Places People Usually Forget to Clean

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Our cleaning checklist for things and places people usually forget to clean is especially useful if you’re planning a deep clean of the whole house.

There is a lot to take in when cleaning the whole house, and it’s very easy to miss and overlook certain items, spaces, and accessories. This cleaning checklist can be a useful reminder for some of those things and places that maybe haven’t been cleaned in a while.

The cleaning checklist is ready and waiting for you as a printable. You can get it at the bottom of this article.

Here is a closer look at all of the suggestions in the checklist. Not all of these may be applicable to you, but hopefully this checklist can serve as a handy reminder when planning a deep clean or thinking about areas of the house you may have overlooked.

Run a cleaning cycle on the washing machine.

Clean the lint trap on the dryer.

Clean the baseboards.

Sanitize the light switches.

Clean the ceiling fans and light fixtures.

Clean the doorknobs and cabinet handles.

Wipe the windows.

Clean the window blinds and curtain tops.

Clean the top of the doors and door frames.

Wipe/clean the walls.

Run a cleaning cycle on the dishwasher.

Clean the removable tray on the toaster.

Clean all other small appliances.

Replace the stove hood vent filter.

Clean the oven.

Clean inside the microwave.

Check and clean behind and under appliances that are not built-in.

Clean the utensil drawer/cutlery tray.

Clean the top of the fridge (if not built-in).

Clean the top of the cabinets (if there’s a gap).

Clean the toothbrush holder.

Clean the toilet base.

Clean the grout lines.

Vacuum under the bed.

Vacuum and/or steam clean the mattress.

Sanitize the TV remotes and other electronics (keyboards, mouse, etc).

Clean behind and under the TV/entertainment center.

Clean the mop heads and other cleaning tools.

Clean the vacuum cleaner parts.

Get the cleaning checklist here.

We really hope you find this checklist useful. In our homes, there can be so many items, spaces, and things to think about, that it’s easy to forget or overlook them. You can use this checklist more as a reminder than a ‘do as many of these as I can in one go’ activity. Good luck with the cleaning!

You may also like our bedroom cleaning checklist.