Whirlpool Refrigerator Water Filters
Every water filter Whirlpool has shipped since 2012 runs on the EveryDrop system — Filters 1 through 6, each a different bay Filter 5 is the largest fleet in our fit library (1,026 models); Filter 4 needs its bypass cap when the cartridge is out.
Type it — e.g. WRX986SIHZ — and the Filter Finder shows the exact filter for your fridge and its best price. The model plate sits inside the refrigerator compartment, left wall or kickplate area.
2,222
models in the verified fit library
8
EDR filter lines (EDR1–EDR8)
2000→
model years covered
The EveryDrop system at a glance
| Bay / system | Part numbers | Models in fit library | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filter 1 | EDR1RXD1 · W10295370A | 35 | |
| Filter A compact bay | EDRARXD1 | — | |
| Filter 2 | EDR2RXD1 · EDR2RXD2 · W10413645A | 306 | |
| Filter 3 | EDR3RXD1 · 4396841 | 180 | |
| Filter 4 needs bypass cap when empty | EDR4RXD1 · UKF8001 | 463 | |
| Filter 5 largest fleet in the library | EDR5RXD1 · WPI4R | 1,026 | |
| Filter 6 | EDR6RXD1 · EDR6D1 | 232 |
Model counts are our verified fit library (official Whirlpool/EveryDrop pages + retailer listings). Filters 7 and 8 are discontinued with no cartridge replacement; inline 4378411RB / 4392949 are a separate exterior line.
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Every Whirlpool-family refrigerator model below has a dedicated fit page — exact cartridges that fit, filter location, and change interval. Kenmore 106-series and KitchenAid twins are filed under their own model strings, so both badges resolve. The model number is the short alphanumeric string printed on the rating plate inside your fridge (not the serial number). Browse by first character, or jump straight to your model with the Filter Finder.
Whirlpool Models 0–9 & A–F
498 models — showing first 100
Whirlpool Models G–M
1,475 models — showing first 100
Whirlpool Models N–S
27 models
Whirlpool Models T–Z
222 models — showing first 100
How to Find Your Whirlpool Model Number
On most Whirlpool units the rating plate is inside the refrigerator compartment — left wall near the crisper drawers, behind the lower kickplate, or on the door frame where the hinges sit. The model number is a short alphanumeric code (the longer string is the serial number, which you do not need). Whirlpool model strings decode cleanly: they open with W for Whirlpool refrigeration, and the third letter tells you the cabinet — WRX is a French-door unit with exterior dispenser, WRF French door, WRS side-by-side, WRT top-freezer. A string starting with 106 is the Kenmore manufacturing code for the same machine. Numbers like EDR1RXD1 or W10295370A are filter part numbers, not model numbers — those go in the finder, not the A–Z index.
Whirlpool Water Filter FAQ
Most Whirlpool fridges built since 2012 use one of seven bay systems — Filter 1 through Filter 6, plus the compact Filter A. Filter 1 is by far the most common: it’s the push-in bay found across the WRX, WRF and WRS ranges. Check the system table above, or enter your model number in the finder — the plate is inside the fresh-food compartment, usually on the left wall. One caveat: Filter 7 and Filter 8 bays are discontinued with no cartridge replacement, and a small run of inline-filtered machines uses an exterior 4378411RB-style cartridge instead of a bay at all.
Often yes. Whirlpool manufactures refrigerators under its own badge plus Maytag, KitchenAid, Amana and Jenn-Air, and EveryDrop is the only filter line it certifies across all five brands — the bays are identical, only the model naming differs. Kenmore is the special case: Sears-badged 46-series machines built by Whirlpool carry twin model numbers, and the legacy Kenmore numbers still map across — 46-9081 and 46-9930 both resolve to EveryDrop Filter 1, while 46-9006 resolves to Filter 4 (the UKF8001 family). A Kenmore owner can search either number and land on the same cartridge.
No. Whirlpool’s Filter 1–6 bays are simple push-in slots with no RFID tag, no chip handshake and no flow meter — any certified compatible filter seats and runs without error messages, and there is nothing to bypass. That contrasts with GE’s ecosystem, where the RPWFE line carries an authentication chip that rejects generic cartridges outright. The one Whirlpool quirk sits in the Filter 4 bay: per Whirlpool’s own documentation, those machines dispense nothing unless a cartridge or the bypass cap is seated — so keep the cap when you pull an old Filter 4.
EveryDrop cartridges are rated for 200 gallons or 6 months, whichever comes first — and in a typical household the calendar wins. The fridge can’t measure flow on these bays, so the filter light is a pure countdown timer: it starts when you reset it, not when the media actually loads up. Heavy-use households (big family, ice-maker running constantly, hard water) should treat 5 months as the real ceiling, because exhausted carbon quietly stops removing chlorine before any visible symptom appears. A Filter 1 3-pack on subscription lands exactly one cartridge per cycle.
Almost every legacy Whirlpool-family number folds into the EDR line. The big one: W10295370A is officially superseded by EDR1RXD1 (Filter 1) — the older W10295370, W10276924, P4RFWB, P8RFWB2L and P5WB2L numbers resolve there too. On the Maytag side, UKF8001, UKF8001AXX, Pur 4396395 and Kenmore 46-9006 all became Filter 4 (EDR4RXD1). Numbers like 4396841 and 4396710 sit in the EveryDrop crossover zone between Filter 1 and Filter 3 era machines — verify against your model number rather than trusting the old part alone.
Yes — and it is often faster. Type EDR1RXD1, W10295370A or any legacy number into the Filter Finder and it reverse-looks-up every Whirlpool-family refrigerator that cartridge fits, including Kenmore and KitchenAid twins.