Method for operating a household appliance having a user interface for the operation of the household appliance by a plurality of users, said method comprising: a) Register in a user-specific manner a number of predetermined usage actions of a particular user of the plurality of users when operating the household appliance, wherein the predetermined usage actions comprise at least one user servicing action for servicing the household appliance, at least one user loading action for loading the household appliance and/or at least one user unloading action for unloading the household appliance, and b) Provide a user-specific control surface by way of the user interface for the particular user on the basis of the usage actions of the particular user as registered in a user-specific manner, wherein in step a) a procedure is performed so as to register a user-specific servicing, and during said procedure it is registered which servicing actions the particular user has performed from a plurality of predetermined servicing actions so as to service the household appliance over a predetermined period and/or during a specific sequence of operating actions, and/or in step a) a procedure is performed so as to register a user-specific loading, during which it is registered which loading actions and/or unloading actions the particular user has performed over a predetermined period and/or during a specific sequence of operating actions, and furthermore at least one display in a display region of the control surface is customised in a user-specific manner for the particular user on the basis of the registered user-specific servicing and/or on the basis of the registered user-specific loading. a) Register in a user-specific manner a number of predetermined usage actions of a particular user of the plurality of users when operating the household appliance, wherein the predetermined usage actions comprise at least one user servicing action for servicing the household appliance, at least one user loading action for loading the household appliance and/or at least one user unloading action for unloading the household appliance, and b) Provide a user-specific control surface by way of the user interface for the particular user on the basis of the usage actions of the particular user as registered in a user-specific manner, wherein in step a) a procedure is performed so as to register a user-specific servicing, and during said procedure it is registered which servicing actions the particular user has performed from a plurality of predetermined servicing actions so as to service the household appliance over a predetermined period and/or during a specific sequence of operating actions, and/or in step a) a procedure is performed so as to register a user-specific loading, during which it is registered which loading actions and/or unloading actions the particular user has performed over a predetermined period and/or during a specific sequence of operating actions, and furthermore at least one display in a display region of the control surface is customised in a user-specific manner for the particular user on the basis of the registered user-specific servicing and/or on the basis of the registered user-specific loading.