Having already tried the lemon trick – when I boiled chopped lemons inside the kettle – now was the time for a different cleaning hack to remove limescale from the kettle.

While the lemon cleaning hack was effective when I did it at the start of the year, I found it a bit arduous to carry out and was looking for a more simple hack.

Originally, the lemon hack involved cutting up lemons, boiling the kettle a few times, leaving the lemons inside the kettle for a few hours, and then scrubbing.

The final step was to rinse out the lemon water, so you can see why I wasn't keen on repeating the lemon method.

Thankfully, the new cleaning hack I tried this time round was easy, fast, and effective.

Using citric acid did a pretty great job of removing limescale inside of the kettle within 10 minutes – and no scrubbing was needed.

All I did was get citric acid from my local supermarket, boil the kettle with some water and add two scoops of citric acid.

Leaving the citric acid to work its magic inside the kettle for 10 minutes, next I emptied the kettle to find a lot of limescale had lifted off.

Giving the kettle a few rinses, it was good to use for normal everyday uses such as making a cup of tea or coffee.

In particular, I used Elbow Grease Citric Acid, which can be bought at the likes of Asda, Ocado, and B&Q.

The multi-purpose natural cleaning agent even has instructions on the back on how to use it for different cleaning tasks.

On the back of the label, instructions are written on how to use citric acid to clean kettles, coffee machines, steam irons, and shower heads.

Plus, citric acid can also be used to degrease kitchen pots and pans, as well as removing any signs of rust elsewhere.