Stinky Shoes? How To Get Rid Of Smelly Shoes

Here are 6 easy ways on how to get rid of smelly shoes, whether it be from your flats, sneakers to your ice skates!

As a shoe blogger, I get asked a lot of shoe care-related questions on how to remove shoe odor from shoes is one of them. If this has or happens to you, it's totally normal.

I have some great shoe odor eliminator tricks up my sleeve that includes home remedies for stinky shoes, plus recommendations on useful shoe odor sprays & various other shoe odor eliminators.

Placing shoes in the freezer kills the shoe odor causing bacteria. Because bacteria, my friends, cannot live in such a cold environment.

Put Your Shoes in the Freezer

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The heat also dries out the shoe, taking care of the moisture issue. The sun is an awesome natural shoe odor eliminator!

Put Your Shoes Out in the Sun

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Shoe odor sprays are easy to use & very effective at removing shoe odor & killing stink-causing bacteria that allow that bad odor to live in shoes.

Try Shoe Odor Spray

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Charcoal odor-absorbing pouches are simply placed into the shoe to both eliminate moisture & smell. Cedar balls work great too!

Use Shoe Deodorizer Inserts & Shoe Balls

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Black tea contains tannins, which is a compound that has been found to resist the growth of bacteria & fungus which will help remove odor from shoes.

Use Black Tea Bags

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