Get the mildew (and smell) out of my shoes!

roll up some old newspaper, shove them in your shoes so each shoe is pretty full, and let them sit for a few days. It does a good job of sucking out odor.

Put some baking soda in them. It works wonders on stinky shoes. People use it in their fridge to get rid of mildew stink.

Zero works well

Otherwise try @poofandmook but also use baking soda in each shoe with the newspaper…you could put the shoes in a large brown paper bag rolled up tightly to speed up the process (this is the same process for old books, too)

Can you wash them in a washing machine? Often doing that with some chlorine bleach will get rid of the odors and spores of mildew. However, don’t dry them in the dryer. Instead, go back to air-drying them in the sun. That way they won’t shrink.

When de-mildewfying books we put them in a sealed plastic bin with plain, unscented clay cat litter to absorb the smell, but that takes quite a while.

Just saw a tip on Lifehacker.com .. cat litter.

http://lifehacker.com/5385158/de+stink-smelly-shoes-with-cat-litter

no idea if it works.