Do not bleach
No bleach of any kind — neither chlorine nor oxygen bleach.
What to do
Wash with a detergent that contains no bleach (check the pack — 'colour' and many liquid detergents are made without it) and skip bleaching stain removers.
- Maximum temperature
- None stated by this symbol
- Family
- Bleaching (triangle)
- ISO 3758 name
- Do not bleach
- Distinguishing mark
- cross
Often confused with
Oxygen (non-chlorine) bleach is allowed, chlorine bleach is not. The two slanted lines inside the triangle are the whole difference from 'any bleach'.
Other bleaching symbols
Sources
- GINETEX — Care symbols (existing care symbols under ISO 3758:2023) — checked 2026-09-22
- Government of Canada, Office of Consumer Affairs — Guide to Apparel and Textile Care Symbols (North American system) — checked 2026-09-22
Meanings are paraphrased from these sources, not quoted, and checked on the date shown.