How to Help Prevent Wrinkled Clothes with Maytag^® Wrinkle Control Settings

Learn how to help prevent wrinkles in clothes with settings on your washer or dryer, along with other helpful tips for keeping your clothes looking their best right from the machine.

Wrinkle Control is a cycle on select Maytag^® washers and dryers that helps prevent wrinkles from forming throughout the laundry process. Select this cycle—along with other wrinkle-preventing options—and you’ll see a reduction in wrinkles when laundry day is done. Learn how this cycle can help reduce or help prevent wrinkles in your laundry at the touch of a button.

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It may be common to think of preventing wrinkles during the drying process, but the washing machine is where it can all start. The Wrinkle Control cycle on Maytag^® washing machine is specially designed to help prevent wrinkles with warm water and low spin speeds. Reduced water temperatures help keep fabrics from relaxing and creasing more easily during spins. Lower speeds help prevent clothes from tangling and reduce the force with which they are pressed against the basket walls—helping to prevent wrinkles from forming.

When to Use Wrinkle Control

Select the Wrinkle Control cycle when you’re washing professional clothes such as button-up shirts, blouses, trousers, pants, and dresses. Although the Wrinkle Control cycle is not the same as permanent press, a good rule of thumb is to consider Wrinkle Control if you see the permanent press symbol on an item’s care label. How the Wrinkle Control cycle operates in your machine will depend on the style washer you have.

Maytag Washing Machine Models with Wrinkle Control

If you’re looking for a new washing machine to help manage wrinkles right from the start, Wrinkle Control is widely available on a range of Maytag models. You’ll find the Wrinkle Control cycle alongside other powerful features on top-load or front-load washing machines, and impeller or agitator designs so you can get wrinkle-fighting power in a washing machine that’s right for you. Boost stain-fighting performance in addition to banishing wrinkles with these models featuring the Extra Power Button:

Many Maytag^® dryers also feature a Wrinkle Control cycle that helps reduce wrinkles by using lower temperatures during the drying process. The Wrinkle Control cycle defaults to adding the Wrinkle Prevent option at the end of the drying cycle. However, Wrinkle Prevent can also be manually selected with any drying cycle.

The Wrinkle Prevent option periodically tumbles, rearranges, and fluffs the dried load to help keep wrinkles from forming after the drying cycle is complete. Some models include Wrinkle Prevent with Steam for extra help keeping wrinkles at bay. Wrinkle Prevent can run up to 150 minutes, depending on the model.

Maytag Dryer Models with Wrinkle Prevention Settings

Wrinkle preventing technology on Maytag^® dryers includes the Wrinkle Control cycle and the Wrinkle Prevent option. These features can work together or separately to help reduce wrinkles in laundry so your clothes come out smooth and ready to wear. Choose from options that include steam-enhanced cycles for extra wrinkle-fighting power, or dryers with smart features to get laundry done on your schedule: