How to Clean Your Samsung Washing Machine Filter 

Thank you so much! I had my machine for three years and just found out I need to clean the filter?!? Omg 😂

First tutorial I watched involved dragging in a wet vac. So glad I found this one! 2 caps from laundry detergent to catch water, one pail to hold it, 15 minutes and I was done. I never knew this needed to be done. So after 2 years of use, I got out enough dog hair out of the filter to make a small puppy! :) Thank you so much!

Cleaned this a few times before and never realized the hose was there until I reread the owners manual. However I had trouble getting the cap off the end. Thank you showing that particular process and for making this process easier.

I've had this washer for about 2 years and never realized I should have been doing this. Got the SUDS error and found your video. There was an insert from a shower shoe stuck in there! No wonder it's been acting up. Lol. Great video, thank you for posting it! Washer runs like new now.

Thank you. I should have watched this video before I did it because I ended up with a watery mess on my floor!

Super straightforward and no chit chat. Thank you

Thanks! I knew I was supposed to clean the filter but the little diagrams in the manual were not too informative. Your video was well focused and told me everything I needed to know!

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Thank you so much for this video. You helped us greatly. I was gifted my machine from my mom. She told me I needed to clean it out before using it. I couldn't get the cap off the hose easily, so I thought I was suppose to unscrew the big knob. A lot of water came flooding out, so I screwed it back as fast as I possibly could. I didn't seat it back in right, so it continued to leak. My husband screwed it back right, but we had no idea it actually had a filter on it 😅. We now know how to clean our filter.

Thank you for such a thorough and concise video. You got straight to the point without over explanation and that's much appreciated.

Most informative video on how to clean the filter! Thank you!

Thank you! My washer wasn't draining properly. The filter was clogged with a few fabric pieces. I'm so proud to have "fixed" an appliance on my own!

Wow!!! Thank you so much, I’ve had my washer for years and didn’t even know it had a filter. 👍

So glad I watched this. I've cleaned the filter on my machine several times before, but always had to mop up afterwards. I simply had not noticed the drain tube. Now I'll probably clean every 2 months, as recommended, rather than just once every now and then. Thanks for this useful information.

Thanks! We have NEVER cleaned our washing machine filter and we wash lots of gross laundry. My friend told me about needing to do this so thanks for explaining exactly how. Wish me luck, this is gonna be ugly...

Great tip about putting down a towel before draining the hose. Quick and informative.

Straight to the point.... Thanks. I waited for a technician for so long that I just had to do it myself

Ahhhhh thank you thank you thank you!! That smell was so bad and I noticed when trying to clean it my way there is a filter. Who knew!? Lol this helped so much! I appreciate you!!!

This saved me a headache in calling the repairman. The two guys in the house had no clue to fix it, so I did it myself.

THANK YOU! Just noticed this box on the bottom of the washer.. we have had it for 1yr+ and have never cleaned it... better late than never!

Very helpful, thanks for sharing! Note: If your washer is mounted on a pedestal, just place small bowl inside the drawer.

Wish I had seen this video before cleaning my filter the first time. This is the best video I have seen after checking out several others! Excellent job showing what a dirty filter looks like.

Thank you for the easy instructions! I have a husband who is now a brain injury and I have been thrown into maintaining the house.

Had mine for 3yrs and thank god you made this video it’s the first it as been cleaned wasn’t as bad as I thought. Thank you very helpful.

The moment I got the filter unscrewed I said aloud “That guy deserves ALL the likes, comments and subscribes !” Thanks for your channel, you found a new subscriber!

Thanks!! I didnt know about the little plug on the hose. Also, I promptly lost the manual on install, and Google thought you were the best help when i searched.

Thank you. Working for a customer doing some house and yard work and they complained about the smell in the washer. The filter had never been cleaned. I was turning the wrong way. So I really appreciate your help. 😊

Thanks, It worked just like you said! One word of warning go to the bathroom before as the trickling sound of the water made me have to take a break in the middle of this little 5 minute job :-)

Best directions! I’ve been trying a lot of things to stop the water from spilling. I didn’t know about the small hose. Thanks!

You just saved my life. Im doing laundry at 10 p.m. and the washing machine gave me an error code. A few minutes of research on how to fix it ao I dont have to wake up my dad, and I stumble across your video. Drained all the water, clean out the filter, and it seems to have worked. I put the washer on a spin cycle with nothing inside, and its more than half ways done. 🎉🎉🎉 So incredibly grateful right now that I dont have to piss off my dad tonight. I'll wait until morning after he has had his coffee lol

It looks so simple. I'm going to have to hire someone to do this because (1) the cap at the end of the hose won't remove no matter how much/hard I twist and/or pull. (2) The filter cover just spins when turned counter-clockwise. It makes a clicking noise. It doesn't come off.

If only all “how to” videos on RU-vid were as good as this. Thank you!

You are the man! Thank you so much. I never knew about the filter for the past 7 years. LOL

I’m in a townhome with washer and dryer supplied. My filter door doesn’t have a sign on it. A friend told me about cleaning it. So after a year being here I’m doing it today. Thanks from Arkansas for sharing this video.

Fisrt thing: The filter is independent of its holder. That means it has to FIT in one way only. There is a square cutout in the back of the filter. THIS has to be positioned DOWNWARD. Now push the filter/housing in and it will screw in. IF the filter is anyway but the notch fitting DOWN, you will NEVER screw in the filter holder. Next is to put some vaseline on the end of the white plug. This will make it so much easier to remove it from the black hose next time. Lastly, you could buy a 1/4" ball valve and barb attachment, assemble these, and the push it into the black hose. Next time you want to drain the hose, just turn the ball valve handle. The two parts Cost me $10 at harbor freight.

Thank you so much for video. Had my Samsung for 5 years and never figured out how to change the filter.

I was troubleshooting clogs for an hour. I vacuumed out the rear drain with a shop vac and still would not drain. Thank you so much! You just saved me $$$ from replacing a machine that I fixed in several minutes after I saw your video.

Holy Moly. Thank you so much. I drained the hose and the standing water in the drum). Cleaned out the filter! Wow... it was completely full!...rocks, wrapper, button, screw, dime, and lots of dog hair. I wasn't aware of the filter or that it needed to be cleaned, but I will from now on. Been without laundry for week now and I'm running my first load. Keeping my fingers crossed that your amazing directions have solved the problem. -MKCT

Didn't even know I had a filter that needed to be cleaned! 😳 Thank you for your video.👍

I just ordered my washer I'm waiting for it to be delivered so I've been looking up how to keep it maintained this was very helpful. Thank you.

Hi! I’m Ms. Cream. Thank you for this “help the lady fix her Samsung washer.@ 2:15 in the morning. “ For 2 days my washer sat with clothes soak and wet, while I walked around like chicken with her head in her hand. Then came you, by way of my daughter. She did the research , and I reaped the benefits of her smart move. The instructions were perfect, right down to the last detail. Now this lady can rest. Peace and blessings. My Samsung digital, is still quiet as a mouse.

It did help me - now i feel comfortable doing it. Will do it tonight or tomorrow) I am afraid to see what it looks like I’ve had them a year and not done it

Wow, I never knew you had to clean the filter every 2 months. 😳 We moved into our house about 7 months ago. I noticed a sticker that said to clean every 2 months, so here I am on RU-vid hoping and praying I'd find info on how to clean the filter because I had water dripping out when I started unscrewing it. 😑 I'm so glad I found your channel! This was SO helpful! Now I'm off to see how yucky the filter looks. 🤢

I cleaned my mums today. Damn it wasn’t cleaned for about 2 years when i opened it today it was fully clogged the filter was covered with greyish mud . Finally the machine can breathe :3

Thank you SO MUCH! You just saved me 75.00!! Which by the way I didn’t have to spend on washer repair.... My washer would not drain for the wash cycle, so it was left with how ever many gallons of water the front loader holds. I did open the little rubber drain but there was just to much. I am currently running a fan and have 2 loads of wet towels to wash. BUT it is working now. Thank you again!

Never knew it had a filter... Mine was so clogged. Thank you so much for your time and help.

Thank you straight to the point just one tip if it throws errors due to drainage filter there will be a few gallons of watter

Just cleaned my filter on my 2006 Samsung for the first time. Lets just say it was about time :D

Thank you!…I had no idea!….I was getting ready to call a repair man 😅…simple and straight forward! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Thank you so much, I've recently brought a new samsung washing machine and all the years I've known of Samsung's, I've never known how to clean the filter to it until now. Helped sooo much. Definitely needed a clean! 💪🏽👌🏽

Informative video for a ridiculously engineered filtering system. I am unable to get the cap off the hose or the cap off the filter. And nowhere in the buying process was I warned about this hassle.

exactly what i needed. There must be a little groove that must be lined up in order to turn the filter back in to place. Once i "found" it, it turned back in fine.

Like it, simple quick instruction and easy to follow. thanks

Thank you so much for this video. I managed to fix our washing machine because of this haha 😆 you’ve saved us so much money 💴

I read the manual and the video helped out thanks

Thank you so much we had lost our manual and you were the first video I pulled up and you explained it perfectly I appreciate you

Thank you. Had no idea about using the tube to drain. 1st go was emergency due to filter clog, couldn't figure out why water was pouring out. Realized it was in the middle of a cycle. . 2nd was less mess, but still a lot of water. 3rd time will be the charm thanks to this video.

Lmao! Thank God for late night boredom! Thanks for this. Totally didn’t know there was a filter🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Cleaned mine just now and it was a sinch.

Thank you so much for this helpful video. When I detached the hose to clean it I couldn't see how to reconnect it and kept trying to fit the white part into the rectangular hole but of course that didn't work. Then after watching your video could see that it just needed to be placed back onto the clip.

Today I learned washers had filters. I have a stackable, with top loading washer. No idea where the filter actually is, but I've been using it 11 years and never looked for a filter.

Wow, here I always had to lay down three t shirts to catch all of this water hahaha! We got well water and I will have to do it more often

The was excellent as visual confirmation that I was doing it right. My biggest issue was that my filter has a child-proof cap, which proved almost adult-proof. Had to use vise grip pliers to be able to both push it in and turn it counter clockwise at the same time.

This video is great info. Unfortunately, when I bought my home, the machine came with it. I had no manual and no idea that there was a filter to be cleaned and now I can't get the filter to unscrew.

Will try this, my new machine is making error codes without any display codes..hope this is it ☺️

Thank you I had no idea what the hose was for and kept getting my floor wet!!!

Just did it , worked great. Washer had the safety cap on it so had to push in while turning. Thanks for the video

THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO. I was able to clean my filter for the first time, and it fixed the nd code. it saved me from replacing the pump and $50! thank you

This helped alot the shit that I found in there was unbelievable 😅😅😅. Thanks once again

I had trouble getting the cap off the end of the tube. Turning it counterclockwise does help remove it, but I found that getting it off is as much a matter of pulling and rocking it as of turning it. It isn't really threaded. My filter was a little different from the one shown, in that it has a filter cover with a spring on it. To get the filter out to clean it, I had to press in, and then turn counterclockwise. Turning it without pressing it in first just made a rattle and didn't get anywhere. It's like getting the cap off a medicine bottle.

I had no idea this was thing until I was cleaning the front of my washer and I finally noticed the sticker. Yikes.. Luckily I've only had them for less than a year. Thank you. Huge like from me.

Just got done draining and cleaning the filter. That water can sure be funky! Oh I found a dime in the filter too LOL. Thanks a bunch and yes I gave you a thumbs up!

Thanks so much! I never noticed the little compartment and was looking on back for filter the whole time. Video was perfect!

Thanks man. Really helpful video. Straight to the point and informative.

Thank you!! My dad isn't around anymore so RU-vid is currently my "daaaad how do I fix this?!" 😂 definitely subscribing!

Thank you very much for this video =) Saved my parents a call to a handyman.

Super easy and helpful since I couldn't find the instructions for the machine. Thank you so much.

I had a Siemens for 15 years that had a backwash so no need to clear filter. It stopped working and I discovered an eyeglass arm, $1.15 in change, bread ties.. etc! I don't have issues with mildew but I think it is because I do not use liquid fabric softener?

I got an SC error meeeage and was hoping to fix by myself. Thank you so much!!!! Fingers crossed that it worked.

I have never before in my 59 years had to drain my washing machine. What is up with this?

Thank you for this! Came to this video after trying to pull out the filter and having water pour all over the floor... whoops

Fantastic help! Thank you for the clear and easy to follow video.

Helped very much! Easy and simple!

Do you have any suggestions as to what to do if that little drain pipe is stuck inside? Maybe I didn’t screw the cap on very tightly last time

I have owned my Samsung for several years and when I tried to clean the filter, of course I didn't know about the little hose and had water gush out everywhere. To make matters worse, I didn't even have anything in the filter to clean out! Does that mean that gunk is somewhere else instead of the filter? I wish I had found your video sooner. Thank you for teaching me something.

Just the thing I needed to see. Thank you so much for posting this.

Thank you very much for uploading with cool video😆 i had my washing machine 1year and half already. I never know about to clean the filter. Luckily, I just found it🤣

Thanks, making a new purchase and getting as much information as possible......

*LESSON LEARNED FROM SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS:* Some washers have a filter with a "childproof safety lid" that unscrews ONLY when you push the knob in and then unscrew counter clockwise -- kind of like those childproof medicine bottles. Screwing the filter back in DOES NOT require pushing in the knob.

Thank you, perfect instructions, simple to follow

Thank you! Did mine for the 1st time and emptied around 3 gallons of water 😅 Washer would get stuck on SE for hours

I've been cleaning my filter regularly but had NO idea about the hose. I've just dealt with the water and cursed the company 😂 "there's got to be a better way." Turns out there is live and learn 😂

Very good and straight forward step to step instructions. Thanks really appreciate

Totally subscribing. My Lord. Didn’t even know this existed. Thanks for sharing.

Ya, thanks, I didn't know how to open the cap on the drain pipe. Video was helpful. Thanks from Victoria BC Canada

straightforward + informative = subscribed

And of course, the video makes it look easy to take the filter out. Mine never did come out

I was wondering where I was going to find all my dogs hair. Yep in the filter. Thank you

Thank you!! Found your video on how to clean these and it was so helpful! Clear instructions and showed step by step.

Thanks for this video, you saved me a big 'ol mess.

Yep. This helped us. Thanks for the video.