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bleach isalso a deoxidizer? If you know ehat is the cheapest, buy-in-bulk deoxidizer I can get my hands on legally please?
Bleach is not the name of a chemical, but a group of chemicals with a specific property. In this case, the oxidizer (usually hydrogen peroxide or sodium percarbonate) is also acting as bleach. The same goes for chlorine.
Don’t use clorine in a washing mashine. It will disinfect the machine, but it does not react the same way as hydrogen peroxide or sodium percarbonate. Additionally, chlorine might attack synthetic materials that are needed for the machine to work.
If you have a dish washer, put one of those tabs inside the washing mashine directly, then run it on max heat, full cycle. If you don’t have that, buy something with “Oxi” in the name. There should be a few cheap brands.
....Then why is sodium hypochlorite recommended to clean white clothing in washing machines? ...Wot?
The amount matters. Sodium percarbonate is much safer to use compared to sodium hypochlorite. And again, the sodium percarbonate does much more than just bleaching.
Sodium percarbonate is a mixture of Sodium carbonate and hydrogen peroxide, that's an oxy bleach, which is essentially super alkaline, it will kill proteins (urine, some vomit, grease, blood, faeces etc) but it's more so designed to do so on clothing, it is the least harmful bleach on clothing, (except certain materials like wool or silk, it will absolutely harm natural fibres,as that's what it targets, kinda)
For woollens, silks etc use wool wash only. And use a very small amount, you only need a teaspoon to a tablespoon amount in a full washing machine load.
If you go to websites, you will find the ingredients or active compounds of different detergents, brand names might put the price up for the brand preference, but you want to look for something that's not too cheap, a slightly more expensive brand (not crazy expensive, just mid prices) would have more put into the working efficacy of the product.
Less or no fragrance, never use fabric softener. It quite often shortens the length of your products and worse.
You can use laundry sanitiser, in place of fabric softener which I would highly recommend when using a communal machine, canestan make one.
IF YOU WANT TO TACKLE CLEANING THE MACHINE.
The smell is likely coming from built up skin, hair, fluff decomposing in the machine. If you fold back the gasket (rubber door seal bit) and have a look in the grooves, what does it look like? What does the machine smell like in the drum? Which model is it?
Once I found the answers to these questions, I would look up the model and the cleaning recommendations. Follow them, you probably want a toothbrush to get in the grooves, and give it a losen run a tub clean cycle, or hottest wash WITH NO DETERGENT. See what happens, did that improve the situation?
Still awful? Some machines can tolerate and recommend vinegar, which can do a lot for killing the fungal elements, mould etc. But check if the machine recommends it first. If not, you can get descaler from a store (labelled washing machine cleaner specifically) and run that.
If you can't remove the drain filter, the question I would be asking is, does it still drain, if yes, use it, if no, it might need a technician to deep clean and remove, troubleshoot and replace any parts not working (find out who you talk to about getting that going?)
I would pick a couple of rag towels or something you don't care about and run a quick wash to see how it comes out.
If you do get the drum clean, and remove the smell enough, good to go, and I would carry a rag to wipe out the gasket before and after use, to slow that sludge and mould build up, they can get.
I'm assuming front loader, because you showed a front loader yt clip, let me know if you need tips on top loader.