Declutter List Of Things To Declutter Right Now

Declutter lists can give us super helpful tips on what things to declutter right now when we don’t know where to start decluttering.

But lots of declutter checklists – I have found over and over again – actually make things worse because they are full of things to declutter that we are not yet ready to let go.

If we get stuck on the first item on the declutter list – umming and ahing about needing it in the future or feeling sentimental or guilty for never using – it doesn’t help.

So this declutter list is different because it is full of all the things that we are all ready to declutter right now, today.

If you want to start decluttering immediately head straight to the declutter checklist below.

Or read on to understand why this declutter list will help you succeed at decluttering even if you failed before.

Things To Declutter In Your Home Right Now, Today

All of our homes are full of things to declutter right now that there really is no reason to keep.

They are all the run out, expired, broken & un-mendable, inedible, unusable, dried up, gunged up, torn to shreds, full of holes, worthless, outgrown, leaking, dull beyond words things hiding in plain sight all around our homes.

Once we open our eyes to them, there’s lots more of these crazy items than we think and this declutter checklist has 250 of them for you.

Decluttering these things now will clear instant space.

But this declutter list does something more powerful than that, because it gives us the help we need to move onto the things we need to declutter next which will be trickier.

Things To Declutter Next

For the most of us – whatever Marie Kondo says – decluttering is a marathon not a sprint.

Many of us have thousands of things to declutter that we truly will be much happier without.

It is much easier – I promise you – to declutter the bigger things we have complicated feelings about if we’ve practised decluttering on all the tiny, no regrets items first because very simply : the more often we declutter the easier it becomes.

So use this declutter list to start practising on the crazy little things and turn decluttering into a habit you can follow quickly and easily week in, week out to tackle your trickier clutter in the future.

How To Use This Checklist

I successfully decluttered thousands of items from my home using two amazing declutter methods:

Just 10 Things
The Power Purge

Both declutter methods turn decluttering into a simple habit for letting go of things will will be happier without:

But the Just 10 Things method is brilliant if you’re feeling physically overwhelmed and anxious about all the things you need to declutter.

Whilst the Power Purge method is super helpful if you are a high energy, get things done now type of person who usually creates an even bigger mess when trying declutter!!

Have a read through the two declutter methods and use the one that suits you best to work through the declutter checklist. Obviously, you can start at the top or use the index below to help you find a good place to start decluttering.

The Declutter Checklist

Things To Declutter In Your Purse & Handbag

Old unneeded receipts
Ticket stubs
Old planners
Expired credit cards
Expired membership cards
Expired discount cards and vouchers
Store reward cards you don’t use
Unknown keys
Keys for old locks

Things To Declutter In Your Makeup Bag

Dried up nail polish
Nail polish you haven’t worn in 2 years
Foundation bottles you’ve been trying to get last bit out of for last 6 months
Multiple half used emery boards you’ve had on the go for god knows how long
Lipstick you never did like the colour of – what was I thinking?
Multiple hairbrushes
Multiple tweezers
Perfume open for over 5 years – I’ve had this bottle on the go for ages. It was lovely – but years later, not so much!

Declutter list - 250 things cluttering your home you will be happier without

Perfume that just smells bad!
Gunged up mascara
Make up samples you’ve been meaning to try since whenever – and haven’t!
Some fancy concealer you got suckered into spending a fortune on but never use – in fact truth be told you’re not quite sure what you’re meant to do with it!
Make up brushes you never even used when you actually had more than 6 seconds every morning to slap your war paint on
Old eye shadow you’ve had on the go since college
Blusher that is great if you want to look like a circus clown but otherwise not so good!

Paper Items To Declutter

Old bus, train & plane tickets
Old theatre & cinema tickets
Blurred out of focus photos
Junk mail
Old birthday cards
Old calendars
Old diaries
Magazines
Newspapers
Finished notebooks
Out of date letters
Take away menus
Product guarantees for stuff you no longer have

Electronics manuals – they’re all online
Manuals for putting furniture together
Paper bags
Expired contracts (older than 7 years)
Old party invitations
Old wedding invitations
Old sponsor forms
Theatre programmes
Sports programmes
Save the date cards
Parcel collect cards

Books To Declutter Now

Cookery books you haven’t opened in 5 years – however good they may be, you can always copy out the one or two favourites you don’t want to lose
Old guide books
Books you never finished you hated so much
Books you wouldn’t read even if it was the only book in the house!

Books that have totally fallen to pieces
Out of date reference books
Books for hobbies you no longer follow
Finished puzzle books
Out of date maps
Out of date timetables
Telephone directories
Old brochures
Old catalogues

Clothing Items To Declutter

Gloves missing their pair
Gloves with holes in
Shrunken jumpers
T-shirts the moths have eaten
Woolies the moths have eaten
Jeans so torn they cannot be patched
Horrid promo t-shirts
Horrid promo caps
Bags with holes in
Multiple caps
Old spectacles
Scratched sun glasses
Broken umbrellas
Clothes with stains you cannot shift
Waterproofs no longer waterproof
Hand me downs you never really wanted
Clothes with broken zips you cannot mend
Broken belts
Stretch clothes that have lost their stretch
Old rags

Underwear To Declutter Now

Odd socks
Bras with underwire poking through
Knickers you would not wear on a bad day
Socks with holes in – unless you can darn well
Tights with ladders in
Underwear you sent grey and cannot rescue
Your fave knickers you have had so long they have got holes in!
Old torn pyjamas
Old bras with no lift

Shoes To Declutter Now

Shoes best cobbler in world cannot mend
Shoes you will never squeeze into again – who knew your feet grew when you’re pregnant!?
Sneakers/trainers with holes in
Multiple flip flops
Odd shoes
Snapped shoes laces

Bathroom Items To Declutter

50 different miracle foot scrubbers used for precisely 3 days each to no effect!!
Old toothbrushes
Expired medicines … you can just drop them off at your local pharmacy or chemist …
Soap, shower gel, shampoo and conditioner you have had for ages and NEVER use
Body lotions you have had on the go for years – however expensive!
Fancy face creams you spent a fortune on that bring you out in a rash

Grotty bathroom sponges
Bath toys full of mould
Hand creams you hate the smell of
Tatty hair bobbles
Product samples
Worn stained towels
Gungy wash bags you cannot get clean
Aftershave open more than 3 years
Bubble bath open more than 12 months
Broken hair clips
Blunt razors and razor blades
Ancient sun cream that you can’t even remember when you bought
Stinky bath mats that still smell after a wash
Bottles of stuff long since finished with one drop of stuff in you’ve been meaning to get out

Cleaning Items To Declutter

All those cleaning products under your kitchen and bathroom sinks you bought ages ago and never opened or barely used in years
Vacuum cleaner fittings that don’t fit your cleaner
Old air sprays
Old mops
Old dusters in holes
Dried up shoe polish
Fancy shoe polish you got suckered into buying and never used
Shoe polish in colours you don’t have shoes in

Food Items To Declutter

Expired packets & cans of food … I convinced myself I would cook with these supposed super foods and just don’t …
Soon to expire, unopened packets & cans that can go to a food bank
Expired spices
Expired flour and baking ingredients
Expired sweets and chocolates – yep it does happen!

Expired sauces lurking in the fridge
Bottles with a tiny bit left you haven’t used up in 12 months
Old cooking oil
Stuff in freezer you know you will never eat
Fancy teas you never drink
Bottles of fancy oils you are NEVER going to cook with
Fancy spirits and liquers you’ve had for years and are never going to drink

Kids Things To Declutter

Kids artwork and crafts – I find this one hard but you can’t keep it all!
Old school work
Out of date school letters and forms
I’m all for making clothes last but when they really, really, really don’t fit!
Rain boots and wellies 5 sizes smaller than the feet of anyone in your home
Old school shoes from 3 years back
Fancy dress clothes they can’t fit an arm in
Old swim stuff and swim aids kids no longer need

Toys & Sports Items To Declutter

Electronic toys that don’t work even with new batteries
Broken plastic tat from party bags
Packs of cards with cards missing
Games with essential pieces missing
Finished colouring books
Finished sticker books
Video games for consoles that don’t work
Old party balloons
Mouldy soft toys
Broken buckets
Broken spades
Broken sports racquets
Balls with punctures
Inflatables with unmendable punctures
Broken inflatable pumps

Kitchen Items To Declutter

Broken gadgets you haven’t used in 5 years
Cracked crockery you haven’t mended in 5 years … I love this old china but it’s been sitting in this basket waiting to be mended for too long …
Food mixer fittings for food mixers you no longer own
Match boxes: if – like me – you’ve got 10 on the go, consolidate & ditch empty boxes
Multiple aprons
Multiple corkscrews
Multiple teatowels
Pan lids you never use
Pans with missing handles
Saucers with missing cups

Coffee mugs you hate
Empty jars you are never going to use
Tub lids minus their tubs
Cracked mixing bowls
Broken pegs
Teapots missing their lid
Cracked glasses
Odd cutlery
Mouldy lunch bags
Can openers etc that don’t work
Fancy peelers, crushers and slicers you never use
Old chopsticks from takeaways
Water bottles missing their tops
Left over party stuff
Rusty seives
Damaged non-stick ware

Stationary Items To Declutter

Finished glue sticks
Run out biros
Run out felt tips and markers
Scrumpled up bits of wrapping paper
Old washi tape reels
Old sellotape reels
Broken staplers
Broken hole punchers
Really rubbish pencil sharpeners that break the pencil points
Grubby old ends of crayons
Stickers that don’t stick to anything
Old bubble wrap
Old used envelopes
Broken ring binders
Broken document boxes
Leaking pens

Electronic Items To Declutter

Dead batteries
Broken watches – sadly most now not mendable
Bulbs that don’t fit any lights you have
Camera fittings for cameras long since gone
Multiple torches
Old broken cameras
Old bulbs
Old mobile phones

Tapes, videos and vinyl you can no longer play
Old phone chargers
Old back up devices
Scratched DVDs
CDs you never listen to
Old cables for broken electronics
Old cables for electronics you no longer have
Cracked phone cases
Old software CDs

Things To Declutter In Your Bedroom

Bed linen with tears you cannot mend
Duvet covers that don’t fit any duvet you own
Hair drier fittings for hair driers you no longer own
Pillow slips that don’t fit any pillows you own
Sheets you never use with stains that just won’t budge
Smelly candles you haven’t lit in 5 years
Old dusty pot pouri that doesn’t smell of anything good
Old shoe boxes
Old jewellery boxes
Broken alarm clocks
Grotty pillows under your bed that aren’t worth a trip to the laundrette
Grotty duvets under your bed that aren’t worth a trip to the laundrette
Nasty plastic shop coat hangers jamming up your wardrobe

Christmas Items To Declutter

Broken Christmas lights
Broken Christmas baubles
Tatty decorations you never put up – I love our home made Christmas decorations but these are just scruffy …