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                             February 25, 2022

       Kevin Jacobsen
       Chief Financial Officer
       CLOROX CO /DE/
       1221 Broadway
       Oakland, California 94612

                                                        Re: CLOROX CO /DE/
                                                            Form 10-K for the
Year Ended June 30, 2021
                                                            Form 10-Q for the
Period Ended December 31, 2021
                                                            Form 8-K Filed
February 3, 2022
                                                            File No. 001-07151

       Dear Mr. Jacobsen:

              We have limited our review of your filing to the financial
statements and related
       disclosures and have the following comments. In some of our comments, we
may ask you to
       provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure.

              Please respond to these comments within ten business days by
providing the requested
       information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If
you do not believe our
       comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in
your response.

                                                        After reviewing your
response to these comments, we may have additional comments.

       Form 10-Q for the Period Ended December 31, 2021

       Capital Resources and Liquidity, page 25

   1.                                                   Please expand your
capital resources and liquidity disclosures to address the following:
                                                            We note you believe
that you have the funds necessary to support your short-term
                                                            liquidity and
operating needs. Please address your consideration of your increasing
                                                            working capital
deficit in making this determination. In this regard, we note that your
                                                            working capital
deficit has increased from $227 million at June 30, 2021 to $855
                                                            million at December
31, 2021; and
                                                            During the second
half of fiscal year 2020 in order to improve working capital, you
                                                            arranged for a
global financial institution to offer a voluntary supply chain
                                                            finance program for
the benefit of your suppliers. Please expand your disclosures,
                                                            including in your
interim filings, to address the following:
                                                              o  How these
arrangements have impacted your balance sheet, statement of cash
 Kevin Jacobsen
CLOROX CO /DE/
February 25, 2022
Page 2

                   flows, short-and long-term liquidity;
                 o The material terms of these agreements including whether you
or your
                   subsidiaries provide guarantees related to these programs;
               o   Whether you could face a material risk if a party to the
arrangement is
                   terminated; and
               o   Of the amounts payable at the end of the period related to
these arrangements,
                   the portion of these amounts that an intermediary has
already settled for you.
         Refer to Items 303(b)(1) and (c)(1) of Regulation S-K as well as CF
Disclosure
         Guidance Topic 9A (June 23, 2020) available on the Commission's
website.
Form 8-K Filed February 3, 2022

Exhibit 99.1
Non-GAAP Information, page 7

2.       In your determination of Adjusted EPS and Adjusted EBIT as presented
in Exhibit 99.2,
         you adjust for operating expenses incurred related to your long-term
strategic investment
         in digital capabilities and productivity enhancements. Please identify
the specific nature
         of the costs included in this adjustment and provide us with a
breakdown of each
         component and its related amount. For each component, tell us what
consideration you
         gave to Question 100.01 of the Non-GAAP Compliance & Disclosure
Interpretations and
         correspondingly how you determined these are not normal, recurring
cash operating
         expenses necessary to operate your business.

       In closing, we remind you that the company and its management are
responsible for the
accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review,
comments, action or
absence of action by the staff.

       You may contact Nudrat Salik at (202) 551-3692 or Jeanne Baker at (202)
551-3691 with
any questions.



FirstName LastNameKevin Jacobsen                              Sincerely,
Comapany NameCLOROX CO /DE/
                                                              Division of
Corporation Finance
February 25, 2022 Page 2                                      Office of Life
Sciences
FirstName LastName
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