Portable vacuum cleaner comprising, a vacuum cleaner housing, a gripping handle connected to the vacuum cleaner housing, a suction nozzle through which the outside air can be sucked by the portable vacuum cleaner, at least one exhaust port through which the cleaned air can exit from the portable vacuum cleaner, an aeraulic circuit that extends between the suction nozzle and the exhaust port, a suction unit arranged on the aeraulic circuit, the suction unit comprising an electric motor (7.1) and a fan (7.2) coupled to the electric motor (7.1) to generate a flow of air in the aeraulic circuit from the suction nozzle to the exhaust port, a device for separating waste arranged on the aeraulic circuit upstream from the suction unit and through which the flow of air generated by the fan (7.2) passes when the portable vacuum cleaner is operating, a removable filter arranged on the aeraulic circuit, the removable filter being housed in a filtration chamber of the portable vacuum cleaner, the filtration chamber being formed at least partially in the vacuum cleaner housing and being arranged at least partially between the suction unit and a wall of the vacuum cleaner housing, characterized in that the portable vacuum cleaner comprises a removable bowl intended to receive the waste separated by the waste separation device and that is removably attached to the vacuum cleaner housing, the filtration chamber comprising an access opening (15.1) to access the removable filter that is formed in the portable vacuum cleaner in such a way that it makes it possible to access the removable filter when the removable bowl is detached from the vacuum cleaner housing and in that, when the removable bowl is attached to the vacuum cleaner housing, the removable bowl is arranged with respect to the vacuum cleaner housing in such a way that it prevents access to the removable filter via the access opening (15.1). a vacuum cleaner housing, a gripping handle connected to the vacuum cleaner housing, a suction nozzle through which the outside air can be sucked by the portable vacuum cleaner, at least one exhaust port through which the cleaned air can exit from the portable vacuum cleaner, an aeraulic circuit that extends between the suction nozzle and the exhaust port, a suction unit arranged on the aeraulic circuit, the suction unit comprising an electric motor (7.1) and a fan (7.2) coupled to the electric motor (7.1) to generate a flow of air in the aeraulic circuit from the suction nozzle to the exhaust port, a device for separating waste arranged on the aeraulic circuit upstream from the suction unit and through which the flow of air generated by the fan (7.2) passes when the portable vacuum cleaner is operating, a removable filter arranged on the aeraulic circuit, the removable filter being housed in a filtration chamber of the portable vacuum cleaner, the filtration chamber being formed at least partially in the vacuum cleaner housing and being arranged at least partially between the suction unit and a wall of the vacuum cleaner housing, characterized in that the portable vacuum cleaner comprises a removable bowl intended to receive the waste separated by the waste separation device and that is removably attached to the vacuum cleaner housing, the filtration chamber comprising an access opening (15.1) to access the removable filter that is formed in the portable vacuum cleaner in such a way that it makes it possible to access the removable filter when the removable bowl is detached from the vacuum cleaner housing and in that, when the removable bowl is attached to the vacuum cleaner housing, the removable bowl is arranged with respect to the vacuum cleaner housing in such a way that it prevents access to the removable filter via the access opening (15.1).