Dry clean
Take this to a dry cleaner. A plain circle means professional dry cleaning.
What to do
Take it to a professional dry cleaner. A plain circle means standard dry cleaning is safe.
What to avoid
The circle only confirms dry cleaning. Check the wash symbols before laundering it at home.
How to spot it on a label
Find the standalone circle at the far right of the care-label row, after the iron symbol. The center of this circle is blank. When a circle contains a letter, that letter is an instruction for the professional cleaner, but this version has no letter.
Easy to confuse with
- Dry cleanDry clean with "P" solvents
Check the mark
Check the center of the circle. This symbol is empty; the P symbol has a clearly printed upright and rounded loop inside it.
- Dry cleanDo not dry clean
Check the mark
Look for two strokes that cross each other over the circle and continue past its outline. This circle has neither; the do-not-dryclean symbol has both.
On a real label
Tailored wool blazer
Read together: Do not wash, bleach, or tumble dry; iron on low and take it to a professional dry cleaner.
- Category
- Professional care
- Appears on
- US and international labels
Related symbols
Common questions
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What does an empty circle mean on a clothing label?
- A plain, standalone circle permits professional dry cleaning. It belongs at the end of the care-symbol row.
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Does a plain circle specify a dry-cleaning solvent?
- No. Unlike a circle marked P or F, the plain circle does not give a letter-specific solvent instruction.
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Is a plain circle the same as a tumble-dry symbol?
- No. A tumble-dry circle sits inside a square in the drying position. A professional-cleaning circle stands alone at the end of the label.
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What does a bar under a dry-cleaning circle mean?
- The bar is a separate process mark that tells the cleaner to use a gentler process. Check below the circle for the bar, not inside it where a solvent letter appears.