Do not dry clean
The item is not to be dry cleaned.
Easily confused with
How to read it
A crossed-out circle means no professional dry cleaning. GINETEX's guide has a separate crossed-out circle with a W inside, which means no professional wet cleaning.
Where a garment's own label or its manufacturer says otherwise, that takes precedence.
Differences by country or standard
In Australia the symbol is optional on labels that follow the Australian and New Zealand care labelling standard, AS/NZS 1957: the Consumer Goods (Care Labelling) Information Standard 2023 says that the circle with the cross through it is optional.
Read next
- Next in Laundry symbolsMachine wash, 30°CThe item can be washed in water up to 30°C (86°F) on a normal cycle.
- The same shape in African flagsFlag of BurundiA white diagonal cross divides the flag into red triangles at top and bottom and green ones at the sides, with a white disc in the centre holding three red six-pointed stars. The Presidency of Burundi says the red recalls the sacrifices made to defend the nation and win independence, the green hope and prosperity, the white peace and unity, and that the three stars traditionally stand for the national motto, “Unity, Work, Progress”.
More laundry symbols
The same shape elsewhere
Browse symbols drawn with circles or crosses.
Sources
- Textiles — Care labelling code using symbols, ISO 3758, ISO, Abstract (ISO 3758:2023)
- Standard Guide for Care Symbols for Care Instructions on Textile Products, ASTM D5489, ASTM International, section 4.6 (ASTM D5489-25)
- Textile Care Symbols, GINETEX, the International Association for Textile Care Labelling, pp. 9–10
- Guide to Apparel and Textile Care Symbols, CAN/CGSB-86.1-2003, Office of Consumer Affairs, Government of Canada, p. 5
- Consumer Goods (Care Labelling) Information Standard 2023, F2023L01187, Commonwealth of Australia, Federal Register of Legislation, s. 11(18)
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