cleaner A cleaner or a cleaning operative is a type of industrial or domestic worker who cleans homes or commercial premises for payment. Cleaning operatives may specialise in cleaning particular things or places, such as window cleaners. Cleaning ope ...

is an industrial or domestic worker who cleans. Cleaner(s) or The Cleaner(s) may also refer to:

Cleaning

Cleaning agent Cleaning agents or hard-surface cleaners are substances (usually liquids, powders, sprays, or granules) used to remove dirt, including dust, stains, bad smells, and clutter on surfaces. Purposes of cleaning agents include health, beauty, removin ...

, a substance used to remove dirt, stains, etc. * Cleanser, a product used to cleanse, such as a facial cleanser *

Dry cleaning Dry cleaning is any cleaning process for clothing and textiles using a solvent other than water. Dry cleaning still involves liquid, but clothes are instead soaked in a water-free liquid solvent. Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene), known i ...

, a textile cleaning process

People

* "The Cleaner", a nickname of Canadian wrestler

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Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

* Victor, The Cleaner from '' La Femme Nikita'', also featured in the remake ''Point of No Return'' (1993 film) * Cleaners, a fictional group of contract killers in the video game '' Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne'' * The Cleaner, an Afghani character in '' Hyena Road'' (2015) * Winston Wolf, also known as The Cleaner, in the film ''

Pulp Fiction ''Pulp Fiction'' is a 1994 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, who conceived it with Roger Avary.See, e.g., King (2002), pp. 185–7; ; Starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Vin ...

'' (1994) * Léon Montana refers to himself as a cleaner as a euphemism for hitman in '' Léon: The Professional'' (1994)

Film

* ''Cleaner'' (film), a 2007 thriller starring Samuel L. Jackson * '' Code Name: The Cleaner'', a 2007 film starring Cedric the Entertainer * ''The Cleaner'' (2012 film), a 2012 Peruvian film * ''The Cleaners'' (2018 film), a 2018 documentary film about social media moderation, that won 7 documentary film awards at film festivals * ''The Cleaner'' (2021 film), with

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Television

* ''Cleaners'' (TV series), a 2013 made-for-Crackle series starring Emily Osment * Cleaners (''Charmed''), a type of fictional being in the TV series ''Charmed'' * The Cleaner (''Primeval''), a fictional character in the TV series ''Primeval'' * The Cleaner (''The X-Files''), a fictional character in the TV series ''The X-Files'' * ''The Cleaner'' (American TV series), a 2008 series starring Benjamin Bratt * ''The Cleaner'' (British TV series), a 2021 BBC comedy series starring Greg Davies

Music

Cleaner (band) Cleaner is the name of a German project specializing in electronic music. Formerly known as Cleen, Myer released several albums on the American industrial music record label, Metropolis Records, as well as the labels Zoth Ommog and Accession R ...

, a German electronic music group

Software

* Cleaner, a video-editing software package created by

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and later sold to Autodesk * CCleaner, a utility used to clean potentially unwanted files and invalid Windows Registry entries from a computer

Other uses

Cleaner (crime) A fixer or sometimes cleaner, is someone who carries out assignments for or is skillful at solving problems for others. The term has different meanings in different contexts. In British usage the term is neutral, meaning "the sort of person who ...

, a person who cleans up evidence of a crime *

Cleaner fish Cleaner fish are fish that show a specialist feeding strategy by providing a service to other species, referred to as clients, by removing dead skin, ectoparasites, and infected tissue from the surface or gill chambers. This example of cleaning ...

, fish that remove dead skin and parasites from other fish