Method for operating cleaning device and cleaning device

The invention relates to a method for operating a cleaning device, in which a user selects a cleaning job to be carried out by the cleaning device via a communication interface of the cleaning device or via a communication interface of an external terminal, the user carries out device settings and/or device applications of the cleaning device in order to carry out the cleaning job, the user performs a cleaning job with the performed device settings and/or device applications. In order to provide optimal help for the user during operation of the cleaning device, according to the invention, a guidance is transmitted to the user via the communication interface as a function of the selected cleaning operation with respect to a plurality of steps which are carried out by the user in time succession, the guidance comprising a device setting and/or a device application, and the control and evaluation device monitors the actual implementation of the device settings and/or device applications corresponding to the curr