How to REMOVE and CLEAN Bottom Glass Shelf in SAMSUNG Refrigerator 

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Samsung should give you a medal for this. Just a ridiculous process that I'm never getting dirty AGAIN

Thanks! I don't know who created this is the Samsung - but they should look for another job. We appreciate this video.

for over 10 yrs since the frigerator was new it has never had the glass cleaned until today! sir you will never know how much i appreciate this video, my refrigerator looks brand new

Thank you so much for this! We had been looking at a nasty dirty shelf for years, and although we have a slightly different model, the instructions worked perfectly! When reassembling we decided to just not replace the glass clips so we can just lift out the glass without completely disassembling the whole unit, but we did save the clips in a labeled zip lock bag just in case.

FYI: Hey Mr. Gizmo and subscribers. Thought you might be interested in what I just learned about this glass shelf. I wanted to share what I just learned from a Samsung repair tech. The removal of the glass is actually much easier than following the steps in this video as the removal of the entire unit is not necessary. While the Samsung repair tech was repairing the ice maker I asked him about the glass shelf. He told me that the two plastic clips in the back of the glass shelf are only there to hold the glass in place during shipping/delivery and can be removed as that's their only purpose. He removed them for me by just popping them off. Then I removed the produce bins and gently pressed up on the glass from the underneath in the back and was able to remove the glass easily by sliding it out of the clip that’s in the front. I cleaned it and the area around it and replaced it with ease. Super easy. I would suggest waiting until the glass has reached room temperature before washing it. I did not replace the plastic clips. Good luck.

Thank you for the help. Had I known this would be so difficult to clean I would have never purchased this type of refrigerator.

Thanks for the great video! What a terrible design Samsung did on that shelf! Some raw meat dripped on mine and leaked all over under the glass.

People like you are the backbone of society. everytime I'm helping a customer with something that's been horribly over-engineered like everything nowadays, I come to youtube for help from fine gentlemen like you

Thank you for this video. We followed your instructions and we were able to clean under the glass. The refrigerator looks brand new again. Thank God for people like you who are willing to share their knowledge with others.

The fact that they made this thing so hard to remove is insane. Why can’t it just slide in 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

Dude, you're a lifesaver! Or a refrigerator shelf saver, because my wife and her sister were 2 seconds away from breaking the shelf to get it out. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

You are a LIFESAVER! I was so frustrated to think the bottom shelf couldn’t be removed & I wasn’t able to clean whatever had spilled just beneath the glass. Thank you so very much!!!!

Great video. Unfortunately, no matter how much pressure I put on the front clips, the shelf wouldn't come loose. Eventually, the right clip broke off. On the positive side, after I got the shelf out, got the glass out and cleaned it really well, I left the back two clips off so I can now remove the glass whenever I want/need to clean again. On the negative side: This is definitely a design flaw - one that (I found out) Samsung takes no responsibility for. We called the Samsung Customer Service and received everything except customer service. They sent manual pages (those pages missing from the manual I got with the fridge) that shows Mr Gizno's removal process. But when I told them that this process doesn't work and that I was afraid to put more pressure for fear of breaking off a tab, the CS rep said I need to try again. When I told him that the extra pressure had broken a tab, he said he was sorry and told me to hire a handyman. No amount of talking would move them. This is definitely the last Samsung appliance I ever buy.

You’re a life saver! 14 year old put a 2 liter bottle of Coke in the fridge, on its side, without tightening the cap. My wife and I struggled with this shelf for a good 5 minutes before we gave up and came here. Thanks!

Wow! I am so grateful for your great video. I couldn’t have removed that shelf without your help. Who ever designed this refrigerator obviously needed to make it easier for that bottom shelf to be removed to be cleaned. Thank you and you have been a blessing to lots of us for your expertise and knowledge.😂❤

This is awesome. I had a cleaning yesterday and I was unable to remove the bottom shelf because there was no Internet in the woman’s house so I was not able to bring up this video. This is awesome thank you so much. I will clean that shelf on my next cleaning .

Your video was a game changer for my wife and I. The Samsung manual was totally worthless! The hardest part was getting those front clips out, but with patience we were able to accomplish it. Seems like it should be easier to clean a shelf. Something has spilled in ours and was really ugly. Thanks again for a great video.

THANK YOU for this video. Dear God in heaven, I have never EVER had this much trouble cleaning any refrigerator as I have this one. I have crossed Samsung off my appliance list as well. No clips were broken and I was able to clean everything out but why did Samsung make it this hard and why not put this in the owners manual?

Just finished watching this video. You are a life saver! I’ve had mine for five years and never figured out how to remove that glass. I’m cleaning mine ASAP! Thank you so much.

Thank you a thousand times over for doing this video! I tried to find the how-to in the user manual, and immediately abandoned that plan. Your video is very well done, concise and straight to the point.

THANK YOU!! I spilt coffee (with milk, go figure) and it went into the cracks of the glass and the white part! I spent at least 45 minutes - NO JOKE- trying to sweeze a sponge in there. You are a life savor! Love how sweet and short this video is too

Thank you for this video. It likely saved both my marriage as well as my fridge :-)

I just went through the pages of the manual and found nothing. You are a God sent. I had the same issue as yours. I cleaned it the best I could and then found this video. Thank you so much for taking the time to show us the process. Samsung needs to pay you for this!

OMG! I had a nearly full jar of sun dried tomatoes in oil tip over and spill all over my Samsung. I had orange oil everywhere; in both crisper drawers, in cracks and crevices I didn't know needed to be cleaned! It was such a mess! I found Mr. Gizmo's tutorial and even though the model of fridge was not the same (mine is a 3-door French) the instructions worked like a charm. Thanks for saving me Mr. Gizmo!!

Thank you so much for making this! I am 63 and have rheumatoid arthritis. Pushing those clips in by hand was completely impossible...especially if you aren't 100% sure you are doing it right. Watching it done is a huge help. I was able to remove the shelf and get the glass out and cleaned...then put it back in without breaking it!

Thank you sooo much! I’ve been trying to figure this out forever ! This is the only video that helped and did it the correct way!

Literally the best video to help because Samsung is no help! So grateful for this video!

My husband and I just did this process and defrosted the icemaker AGAIN, I'll just say, we are both still alive! Thank you for your clear and precise direction.

Thank you so much! My husband was saying how it’s soooo hard to do and this video made it so simple. Took me 10 mins to take it out, clean it, hand dry, and put it back total! 💪

Can I just thank you for this video!!!!!!!!! Ive been wanting to deep clean my fridge for over a year and always found it impossible to remove this part!!! Something told me to go on RU-vid today and bam I found this GEM!!! You sir made my year with this.

Thank you so much! I did it all by myself thanks to your clear directions. No help was needed. My fridge was driving me crazy seeing the grimy food particles in between the glass! Your video was much appreciated. 🥰

This was a real help. I kept looking at the shelf figuring that has to be be a simple way - I have to be missing something - but after looking at Samsung web site I realized this was a real poorly designed item to remove a simple shelf which you have to beleive will be removed several time for cleaning. After watching this video, I was able to manage the project. Once removed the clips - I did not put back in, so the glass can easily now be removed for cleaning.. The squeezing of the clips to remove from the water filter housing device was absolutlety ridiculous as far as how much pressure you have to apply - but once you know that it will work - keep trying and it will come up. Would have been nice if you could apply pliers to that area - but does not seem to be fit for pliers to be used. Thanks again - appreciate the video. p.s I had tried to just push up the corner plugs from the bottom - but you could not get the right pressure to allow and was afraid I was going to break something s- reverted to removing the whole shelf as the video shows.

Really excellent! Couldn't have done it without this. Thank you for the warnings about easily breaking the tiny clips holding everything in place. Your clear explanations and up-close steady camera shots showing exactly which parts to move and how to move them kept me from breaking my shelf! Many, many thanks!

Thank you!!! We’ve been living with a sticky mess for about a year! It’s like a whole new fridge!!! I’m so grateful!!

Thank you so much. I've been looking at that grime for 2 yrs and couldn't see how to get the shelf out. So nice to have it clean again

Thank you SO much for making this video!!!! I'm SO grateful! I found this video last year when I needed to clean my 11 month-old Samsung Refrigerator, and was at my wits' end after checking out the owner's manual, which - as you mention in the video doesn't even mention how to take this bottom shelf out. I tried to remember how to do it again this year (after a houseguest spilled lobster juice all over the bottom shelf😠), couldn't remember, then remembered I'd saved this video. Just watched it again and it all came back. I owe you a huge debt of gratitude. I had a fridge at our previous home that required replacing when little plastic clips similar to the ones you show us how to avoid breaking in this video after I tried to strongarm the glass away from the plastic frame. Bless you for taking the time to make and post this video. You're a hero!

It worked. Your video is the most thorough, thanks!

Thanks Dude, I’m a very handy guy…but this design puzzled me. Your ‘how to’ steps were spot on! Thanks man!

I have been trying to get that shelf out for 4 years! Thank you so much! Your refrigerator looks spotless. Mine was absolutely disgusting…..looked like a war happened in there. So many little grooves and spaces it’s nearly impossible to clean thoroughly. We need designers who create easy to clean products.

Thank you so muchhhh! We just cleaned our fridge it was very hard, we couldn't even removed it with the screw drivers, so my husband removed the small wheels instead and it lifted up, the removal of the glass clips was more easy, very nice video, well explained on how to do!❤❤

And for 2 years I assumed that this glass couldn't be cleaned

OMG!!! I have been trying to figure this out for a long time. Thank you so much for doing this! I knew there had to be a way to do this and you are correct their instruction manual is as clear as mud on how to remove this shelf. Thank you again for putting this video together. Now I can completely clean my refrigerator 😊

Samsung's online service rep's couldn't give the clear understanding that your video did in removing the glass above the crisper bins. It was a pain getting those tabs to push in but I'm truly grateful that you posted this video.

Amazing. The Samsung Manual doesn't even have directions for this. I absolutely could not figure it out. Called Samsung and they sent me the link to YOUR video. Incredible.

Thanks! Saved me probably breaking those clips in the back!!

Great instructions, good job warning of pitfalls. I was able to take the shelf out, clean it, and replace it without incident - Txs!

Thank you for the video. Those clamps were a major challenge. What a life saver, GOD bless you!

Thank you, thank you, thank you! My husband put some raw fish that leaked and got under the glass, this was so incredibly helpful. I was mortified my refrigerator was going to smell like fish forever! Your instructions were easy to follow, again Thank you soooo much.

Thank you for the video. Not happy with hubby spilling a growler of dark beer on that shelf. Thanks for a solution. I haven't been a happy camper when I open the fridge & look at brown crap trapped! Yuck!! Hope we can fix this issue! Haha!

The dirty drawer front from your earlier video, and this one for the glass are awesome! We’ve been looking at that crud for 4 years and it’s finally clean. Thanks!

OMGGGG!!!! You have just saved me from breaking my new fridge!!! So glad your video came up when searching how to clean my Samsung fridge!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! 🙌🙌🙌

THANK YOU! All this time I thought my fridge was poorly designed and I was stuck with the crud that had pooled and dried under the glass. Thanks to you, my fridge is now sparkling clean again!

Very good, instructional video. There are some of us though that pressing in does not release the shelf. After really pressing, I tried just a little outward pressure and mine popped right out. So don’t give up hope if it doesn’t press in easily. The key is to proceed carefully, and don’t try to over power it. Pretty expensive fridge to be such a pain to clean!

Just went through the whole process with my fridge following this video and I just want to say thank you!!! You’ve made the process so easy and do able. They only difficult part of it was trying to push in the clips because I was alone and all I had was 1 screwdriver so I had to get crafty. Thank you!!!!!!

Amazing….couldn’t do it without your videos.. usually I do things myself… but I’m a petite woman who needed man strength to take this apart to be able to clean this! I like everything clean but they did not make this easy…. Thank you a million times !!!!!

Much appreciated, I’ve been trying to figure this out for the last couple years 😅… there’s nothing in the manual that gives instruction how to remove, so thanks again!

Thanks ... that was a great "How To"! I can't wait to finally get that shelf clean!

Great video - thanks to all of the guys that take their time to make videos for us to show how to do things we would otherwise have to pay someone to do for us! It would be so easy to just lift the glass out of the groove as my not so technical refrigerator was before we bought this crazy technology that we have done without for over 60 years! 🤪🤪

THANK YOU for this - it is NOT covered in the manual at all and we just bought a home that has this fridge in the kitchen we had to idea how to get it out. Now it's all clean and I am happy new home owner!🥰

Thank you for posting this video, I have a Samsung fridge with this problem, now I know how to get it cleaned. I really appreciate this video❤❤❤

Thank you so much for showing how to clean this! We’ve had ours for 5-6 years now and have never been able to clean it, so you can imagine how gross ours is and it’s just my husband and I no kids in the house, at least not all of the time. I was so embarrassed about this that I hated to open the fridge when someone else was at our house. What a horrible design and then to not even put instructions in the manual for how to clean it is absolutely absurd. I know I will never buy another Samsung product because of this issue. Thanks again for showing us how to do this!

Thank you for your help! We couldn’t have done it without you!

Thank you very much. It was driving me crazy not to be able to clean it, but finally today I did it thanks to your help. God bless you.

Hey Mr. Gizmo. Thanks for your helpful instructions! Briefly, my neighbor rang my doorbell this morning explaining the bottom shelf in her Samsung needed cleaning but was stubborn as to its removal. Now I know why. To make a long story short, after struggling with a manual that was not at all clear, I found myself watching your video. Needless to say, it worked! One cautionary note, for future "DIYers" ...at least on this model, the back clips were absent. Instead, there were slots in the front corners for the glass to slide into the frame leaving the back of the glass panel more free to move. Caution should be taken in on removal or re-installation least it fall out of the frame and break. Once again, thanks!

For future cleaning. I shaved down the clips to hold down the glass after removing the glass. This way I can just pop them off and clean the glass and put it back on. I also had to use 2 flat heads to apply pressure to pop this darn thing off. My fingers were not made of steel to remove them. Cheers!

Hello! Could you make a video on how to clean the fruit and vegetable drawers? We can’t get into a crevice on the bottom towards the front, it looks like the drawers come apart but we’re afraid of breaking them!

Omg I am so so forever grateful for your super tutorial . I am not a fix it girl at all OMG my husband is and I have for quite some time tried to figure out how to take out the glass and clean that terribly dirty place in fridge but could never and was totally afraid until I found your super easy for me and I adhd mind !! Thank you sir omg make more you will get so many subscribers once I post 🎉🎉🎉🎉 😊😊😊😊

Thank you sir for this valuable information. My neighbor asked me to see if I could get the glass out of her refrigerator so she could clean out the nastiness that was between the glass and the frame. Found your video and fixed her up!

I can now Enjoy opening my once disgusting refrigerator

Thanks for the video - without this video, I would never been able to remove those clips without destroying them.

Oh boy. Did I appreciate this video. Our glass and underneath was so dirty and I couldn’t figure out how to get that glass out!! However, Samsung didn’t make it easy….12 curse words and a broken tab later, I got it out and cleaned. So grateful to have found this video! Thanks for making it!

I greatly appreciate your clear step by step instructions on how to remove and clean the bottom glass. Blessings!

Thanks for this. What a pain for a simple cleaning. I got the shelf out easy, sort of but the glass clips were tough. After I did it without breaking them and put it back, I could see no reason to put them back in. I just put them in a bag. Without the clips all you have to do is slide the glass forward and take it out like a normal fridge, just the glass!They really serve no function. The glass stays in place without them.

OMG - TY TY TY nowhere in the owner’s manual does it explain how to address this. You are a life saver. I replaced the shelf WITHOUT the clips so future cleaning will be easy.

Thank you. Had to come back to this AGAIN because I can't remember how to do this in between cleanings. I appreciate the extra reminders NOT to just break the tabs😬

All I can say is thank God you guys on youtube for these diys

Wow. That was a workout. My husband had no patience. But, I did. Thank You so much.❤

Thanks for your help. I had success skipping step 1. If you're careful with the back end of a dinner knife you can pop the clips on the back glass without much issue at all. Saves you the effort of removing the whole rack.

Thank you so much Mr. Gizmo. You save our headaches and endeavors. It was my wife idea to buy the Samsung refrigerator. It’s look and spaciousness appealed to her, but from a universal use and friendly handle of the fridge. it deserves zero point. The engineer and designer have made the fridge in their own way and never though twice how possibly a regular person can manage those procedures properly? And users are accidentally going to ruin the fridge easily for sure.

Ive been trying to clean underneath the glass for 2 years!! Your video was 1st in recommended and was easy to follow and worked perfectly! Thank you!

Thanks for sharing! Our glass was so gross , but we didn’t know how to take apart. Thanks for the easy instructions

All these years later this is a savior I Dedass just cleaned my fridge w this help idk why they had to make it they way they did but shout out for the clear detailed instructions 😭

You did a great job explaining what the manual didn’t!!! Thank you…especially with this tabs (almost used a flathead screwdriver to pop them out, that probably would have broken them off) so I stopped and looked at your excellent video!!!👏

Mr. Gizmo, you are my OCD angel. I spilled something that lodged itself under the glass shelf nearly a year ago. There was absolutely no useful information in my manual. Thank you , thank you, thank you. 💗

You never know when it's 230 in the morning and your mind wishes you knew how to clean seemingly impossible sections of your fridge... and you go to RU-vid and right there in front of you is someone who took the time to make a clear video explaining exactly how to do it! So now it's 316am... and I have gotten yhe hamburger blood that dripped and dried in my fridge 2 weeks ago cleaned out and my fridge looks good as new! I so appreciate people taking the time to teach us things!

Thank you for this video! I contacted customer service and was sent a link to instructions with no video instructions . You are alive saver!

WOW, so helpful. I gave up the last time I cleaned the refrigerator. A couple of other helpful comments. If you are going to clean that may as well clean the shelves on the doors. Once they are removed it was easier to pull this shelf out and also put it back in. I tried the thumb or finger push but could never get it to pop up so I gave up last cleaning. This time I had my wife GENTLY push down and then pull up while I had those two buttons pressed in. It came up right away. ALSO not mentioned but by doing it your way I also cleaned the side of the refrigerator where this slid in. So taking it out and spending some more time helps you truly clean that refrigerator. I great how to video. Really appreciate the slow step by step explanations!

Thank you!! I’ve been trying to clean that bottom glass forever! Don’t know why I didn’t look up a video before! Much appreciated!

Thank you very much! I’ve tried so many times to clean the shelves and could not figure out how to remove the glass! It only took ten minutes to remove and clean 👍

We have used this video every time we’ve cleaned our fridge. My kids keep spilling stuff in the fridge that gets down in between the glass and plastic shelf. Terrible Samsung design but lifesaver of a video!!! Thanks!❤

THANK YOU!!!!!! I had meat on that bottom shelf, and under the glass was coated in blood. I couldn't get it out, but I showed my hubby this video and he created a "shelf removal tool." He basically taped two small pieces of plastic (think lego type small) on a large vise grips. Then he used THOSE to push the tabs in! It was awesome. Thank you SO much!!!

I read the manual, no instructions on this shelf. If not for Mr. Gizmo I might have broken the glass or at least the clips. So thorough and easy to follow. Thank you

I have been trying to clean this glass for over a year😢. This was the best tutorial i’ve came across. Thank you!!

Thank you so much for this video! The world is better when people help other people for no reason except to just help.

Thank you so much for this video! Saved me a ton of frustration trying to get that shelf out!

Thank you so much!!! I have tried several times to remove that shelf without success. Your very plain instructions are a life saver.

THANK YOU!! I would never have figured this out on my own, and I couldn’t find anything in the manual about how to accomplish it. You made it so easy to understand!

I couldn't find any Samsung video to explain this process. Thanks a million. Going to clean it tomorrow!! I also loved that your video was short and to the point.

We had a major spill in our fridge. Without your video, I would have broken something for sure. After watching, I got right to it. We cleaned up the mess and followed them same process in reverse. Thanks again!!!