Mop with a handle, an actuating means and a two-part wiper plate which is arranged at the bottom end of the handle and to the bottom side of which at least one wiper cloth can be detachably fastened and which comprises holding elements which hold the wiper cloth and from which the wiper cloth can be detached via the actuating means and releasing means provided on the wiper plate, wherein the holding elements and the releasing means are embodied in such a way that the wiper plate attached to the wiper plate can be released from the holding elements via a force which is directed towards the surface of the wiper plate at an angle to the bottom side of the wiper plate, and the wiper plate comprises a plate-shaped carrier body having the retaining elements and a supporting plate with a flat bottom side which can be displaced relative to the carrier body via the actuating means from an inactive position into a releasing position and which constitutes the releasing means for releasing the wiper cloth from the retaining elements, and wherein the carrier body is movable relative to the support plate between a position close to the support plate, forming the inactive position of the releasing means, and a position further away from the support plate, defining the release position, and the holding element, after transfer of the carrier body into the release position, is so far away from the bottom side of the support plate that the connection between the holding element and the wiping cloth is automatically released, characterized in that the wiping plate is designed as a double plate and such that the lower support plate can be displaced relative to the carrier body which can be moved independently of the lower support plate, wherein the carrier body is plate-shaped and the support plate is arranged parallel to the carrier body in the inactive position and in the release position and • the releasing means are constituted by pressure elements of the support plate and the support body comprises passages for the pressure elements, wherein the pressure elements are arranged and designed such that when the upper plate is pressed towards the support body via the actuating means, they are pressed through the passages so that the pressure elements are able to release the wiping cloth held on the holding element from the support body after it has passed the latter, or • the releasing means are constituted by the support plate, and the support body comprises projections which comprise the retaining elements on their bottom side, wherein the support plate comprises recesses through which the projections extend to the wiping cloth arranged under the support plate, wherein the support plate and the carrier body can be moved towards each other or spaced apart from each other via the actuating means against the restoring force of an adjusting spring. the wiping plate is designed as a double plate and such that the lower support plate can be displaced relative to the carrier body which can be moved independently of the lower support plate, wherein the carrier body is plate-shaped and the support plate is arranged parallel to the carrier body in the inactive position and in the release position and • the releasing means are constituted by pressure elements of the support plate and the support body comprises passages for the pressure elements, wherein the pressure elements are arranged and designed such that when the upper plate is pressed towards the support body via the actuating means, they are pressed through the passages so that the pressure elements are able to release the wiping cloth held on the holding element from the support body after it has passed the latter, or • the releasing means are constituted by the support plate, and the support body comprises projections which comprise the retaining elements on their bottom side, wherein the support plate comprises recesses through which the projections extend to the wiping cloth arranged under the support plate, • the releasing means are constituted by pressure elements of the support plate and the support body comprises passages for the pressure elements, wherein the pressure elements are arranged and designed such that when the upper plate is pressed towards the support body via the actuating means, they are pressed through the passages so that the pressure elements are able to release the wiping cloth held on the holding element from the support body after it has passed the latter, or • the releasing means are constituted by the support plate, and the support body comprises projections which comprise the retaining elements on their bottom side, wherein the support plate comprises recesses through which the projections extend to the wiping cloth arranged under the support plate, wherein the support plate and the carrier body can be moved towards each other or spaced apart from each other via the actuating means against the restoring force of an adjusting spring.