IF you are part of the air fryer gang, you’ve come to the right place.

Air fryer fans are being warned against a very dangerous TikTok cleaning hack that could break your machines. 

A hack demonstrating how to clean an air fryer easily in just three minutes has been doing the rounds on social media but it turns out that it could do more harm than good. 

A mum hack influencer, Nicole, who has more than 500,000 followers on the app and over 24 million likes took to the video sharing platform to test it herself.

The hack suggests filling the air fryer drawer with water and washing up liquid, before putting it back in the machine and turning it on at 370C for three minutes.

The content creator, who goes by ‘hello_happy_mom’ on the app, was thrilled to see that the hack had quickly cleaned her air fryer basket. 

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She wrote: "I tried the TikTok air fryer hack! Y'all it works! Have you guys tried this? It’s awesome."

In the video, we see Nicole try the cleaning hack – she first fills up the drawer of the air fryer with water and washing up liquid, before putting the drawer back in it’s place.

She then turns the air fryer on for three minutes. 

Nicole then removes the drawer and empties out the water, revealing a very clean draw.

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But many TikTok users warned the woman against the hack and stressed the dangers of doing it. 

One wrote: "Instructions say to literally not do this". 

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Another said: "You are not supposed to put water in it”. 

Someone else added: "Even though it didn’t hurt your air fryer that’s a no-no. It could damage the air fryer”. 

Meanwhile, one person tried the hack for themselves and realised the error of their ways, as they explained: "Be careful. I did this before and my whole air fryer stopped working”. 

As well as this, another user chimed in: "I can't understand why so many people refuse to just take out that bottom plate to clean. It's so easy once you do”. 

If you have an air fryer and want to know how to clean it properly, here are some step-by-step tips for you.

First unplug the air fryer from the power and turn it off, making sure it has cooled down before cleaning it.

Then use a warm, moist cloth and mild detergent to wipe the outside of the appliance.

Using hot water, detergent, and a sponge, clean the fry basket. 

If stubborn food is stuck in the basket, soak them in soapy water before wiping clean.

Then use the hot water, detergent and sponge to clean inside the air fryer.

In minutes, your air fryer will be sparkling and you will not have caused any damage to the device. 

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