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 (S1) 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 (S2) 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 (S1) 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 (S2) 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. <EOS>