How to Change a Bissell Vacuum Cleaner Filter

Pre-Motor Filter

• 1

  Look below the dirt container at the front of your vacuum. Directly below the container sits a tray comparable in shape in size to a coffee filter holder.

• 2

  Pinch the recessed sides of the tray and slide it out. Inside the tray sits the foam pre-motor filter. Reach inside the tray and remove the filter from your Bissell vacuum cleaner.

• 3

  Fit the replacement filter inside the tray. Slide the tray close.

Post-Motor HEPA Filter

• 4

  Look for a rectangular-shaped door on the side or back of your Bissell vacuum.

• 5

  Push the tab down near the top of the door down and swing the door open. Inside the compartment resides the post-motor HEPA filter. Grasp the filter and remove it.

• 6

  Press the replacement filter into the compartment. Push the filter door close.