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01/8How to remove bad smell from the fridge?

Wondering how to remove bad smell from the fridge? If your fridge is giving out a bad smell, this guide will help you identify and remove it. Bad odours are often caused by electrical failure or an accidental unplugging. When food overstays, it can eventually fill your fridge with a terrible odour. The first step is to clean your refrigerator. This will remove all the rotting food from your fridge. If you have a drip tray attached to your fridge, you must clean it immediately. Also, add some naphthalene balls in this tray. It is important to allow proper circulation in the refrigerator, so keep it uncluttered. The temperature is not equally distributed in the refrigerator and different compartments have different cooling levels. You must ensure that you store the right food in the right compartment. There are several readily available ingredients in your kitchen like coffee beans, lemon, oatmeal and vinegar that help in removing bad odour from your kitchen. Vinegar and baking soda is known for its odour-killing properties, so keeping a bowl full of vinegar inside your refrigerator will help you in achieving the desired results. Here is a list of natural home remedies that will help in removing bad smell from the fridge. Scroll down to know more about it!

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02/8​Baking soda

Baking soda has odour-killing properties. Take a bowl full of baking soda and place this inside your fridge and close the door. Allow it to sit for a couple of hours.

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03/8Vinegar

Vinegar helps in neutralizing the bad smells that come out from your refrigerator. Put a cup or bowl filled with white vinegar in the fridge to obtain the desired effect.

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04/8​Oatmeal

Oatmeal removes bad odour if stored in the refrigerator in a aluminum bowl.

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05/8Lemon

Place a few slices of lemon and leave them to sit inside your fridge. It will help in absorbing the unpleasant smell from your fridge.

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06/8Essential oil

Soak a few cotton balls with essential oil and put them in the refrigerator. Close the door for a day.

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07/8Charcoal

Place charcoal in a bowl and put it inside the refrigerator. Set the temperature of the refrigerator to minimum and keep the door of the refrigerator closed for three days.

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08/8Coffee beans

Put some freshly-ground coffee beans and spread it across baking sheet and place in the refrigerator overnight. It will help in absorbing unpleasant odours.

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