Abstract: An electrical vacuum cleaner, including a vacuum cleaner housing, a suction tube nozzle unit, a suction hose, a suction tube and a suction nozzle, and a retaining arrangement for the suction tube nozzle unit which is provided on the vacuum cleaner housing, the retaining arrangement including a pivotable retaining clip for the suction tube and a retaining recess for a hook mounted on at least one of the suction tube and the suction nozzle, a spring arm movably mounted on an inner wall of the vacuum cleaner housing, the spring arm being hinged, at one end, to the retaining clip, its other end being operatively connectable to the hook in the region of the retaining recess, and a resiliently deformable holder mounted on the spring arm substantially at right angles to a direction of movement, the spring arm and the holder having a recoil force which is less than a force exerted by the hook on the spring arm.