Cleaning Schedule Spreadsheet

Cleaning schedule spreadsheet and chore chart for adults that shares the housework out for you. List your chores once with how often they come round, and each week the workbook shows every chore that is due, rotates the Rotate chores between the people in your home, adds up everyone's minutes so you can keep the load fair, and lets you mark what got done.

WHAT IT DOES

• Setup tab: your household name, the first day of week 1 (any date), up to 6 people with Active yes or no (set No for anyone away and the rotation skips them) and up to 12 rooms and areas, all renamable
• Chores tab: 60 starter chores filled in for you (kitchen, bathrooms, living room, bedrooms, laundry, entry, outdoor, whole home) and room for up to 120, each with area, frequency (Daily, Weekly, Every 2 weeks, Monthly, Quarterly, Twice a year), preferred day or Any, minutes and Rotate or one fixed person
• Automatic rotation: each time a Rotate chore comes round it moves to the next active person, so nobody gets stuck with the same job every week
• This Week tab: every chore due in the week shown, sorted by day, with who does it, the minutes, a Done column and a Check column that flags a chore given to someone who isn't active. Prints one page wide, ready for the fridge
• By Person tab: each person's chores for the week, their minutes, share of the total and % done, with a chart, so you can see whether the split is fair
• Log tab (optional): paste each week's list to keep a history, with % of chores done by person and for the latest 8 weeks
• Dashboard: week shown, chores due, done, % done, still to do, minutes this week, the busiest area, chores to check, minutes by person, history totals and two charts
• The tabs are protected without a password, so formulas don't get typed over by accident (you can unprotect them any time)

WHAT YOU GET

• Cleaning-Schedule-Spreadsheet.xlsx (with the 60 starter chores, ready for your people and rooms)
• Cleaning-Schedule-Spreadsheet-with-Sample-Data.xlsx (a filled-in example: a made-up household of four with eight weeks of history)
• Quick-start guide (PDF)

HOW YOU GET IT

Digital download. After checkout you get a download page right away, plus a receipt by email. Nothing is shipped.

COMPATIBILITY

• Microsoft Excel 2016 or newer (Windows or Mac) and Excel for the web
• Google Sheets: upload the .xlsx to Google Drive, open it, then File > Save as Google Sheets
• Needs a computer or tablet with a spreadsheet app. This is not an app: you type in your own people and chores

GOOD FOR

Couples, families with teens, roommates and shared houses who want a fair cleaning routine that runs itself, instead of a printable chart you have to fill in by hand every week.

PLEASE NOTE

• Due weeks: Daily and Weekly chores every week, Every 2 weeks chores in weeks 1, 3, 5 and so on, Monthly chores in the week that holds the 1st of the month, Quarterly chores in the week that holds 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 October, and Twice a year chores in the week that holds 1 January or 1 July
• The week shown is the current week unless you type a week number, so it changes by itself from week to week
• The Done column belongs to the week shown: log the week (copy, then Paste special > Values only on the Log tab) before you clear it for the next week
• The minutes are your own estimates
• For your own use; please don't resell or share the files

DISCLAIMER

This template is a planning tool for sharing chores. Check that the schedule suits your home before you rely on it.

HOW IT WAS MADE

Designed by VARS Digital with AI-assisted tools. Every formula is checked before release, and the sample file shows each tab working.

QUESTIONS

Email varsdigitals@gmail.com and we'll help you get set up.