Cleaning compositions comprising amylase variants

A cleaning composition comprising:

• a) an alpha-amylase variant of a parent alpha-amylase having alpha-amylase activity comprising a substitution at one or more positions corresponding to positions:
• 3, 5, 7, 8, 16, 18, 25, 26, 29, 30, 35, 37, 40, 41, 43, 46, 50, 57, 60, 68, 71, 73, 74, 78, 81, 84, 86, 87, 90, 91, 93, 97, 98, 103, 105, 110, 111, 113, 114, 116, 117, 119, 120, 121, 125, 126, 128, 129, 131, 132, 133, 135, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 145, 146, 147, 149, 159, 161, 162, 165, 167, 169, 171, 176, 177, 179, 180, 181, 185, 186, 187, 195, 196, 197, 204, 206, 208, 211, 216, 218, 219, 225, 228, 230, 231, 235, 242, 243, 247, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 257, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 265, 272, 273, 274, 279, 280, 281, 283, 284, 287, 292, 294, 296, 298, 299, 300, 303, 305, 307, 310, 311, 313, 314, 315, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 334, 337, 339, 340, 342, 344, 345, 346, 347, 350, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 368, 372, 375, 380, 382, 383, 384, 385, 387, 388, 391, 393, 395, 396, 397, 398, 401, 402, 403, 405, 406, 407, 410, 415, 416, 418, 421, 422, 423, 433, 434, 435, 438, 439, 446, 447, 449, 450, 452, 455, 457, 458, 460, 461, 462, 465, 466, 467, 469, 471, 473, 475, 476, 477, and 478, using SEQ ID NO:
• 1 for numbering;
• and wherein said variant has at least 60%, at least 65%, at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, or at least 99%, but less than 100% sequence identity to the polypeptide of SEQ ID NOs:
• 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 or 17, and wherein said variant has alpha-amylase activity and wherein the alpha-amylase variant has an improved property relative to said parent, preferably the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
• 1 and/or SEQ ID NO:
• 2;
• and b) a cleaning adjunct, preferably in an amount from 0.001 to 99.9 wt %.