Caretaker may refer to: Caretaker of an Public Office while the official holder is incapacitated to do so

• The Caretaker (play), a 1960 play by Harold Pinter
  • The Caretaker (film), a 1963 adaptation of the play The Caretaker
• The Caretakers, a 1963 American film set in a mental hospital
• Caretaker, a character in the 1974 film The Longest Yard
• Caretaker (comics), a Marvel Comics character who appeared in Ghost Rider
• The Caretaker Trilogy, series of science-fiction books for young adults by David Klass
• Caretaker (band), an English rock band
• The Caretaker (musician) (born 1974), project of electronic musician Leyland Kirby
• "The Caretaker" (Doctor Who), a 2014 episode of Doctor Who
• "Caretaker" (Star Trek: Voyager), the pilot episode of Star Trek: Voyager
• The Caretaker (novel), a 2015 novel by Victor Pelevin
• The Caretaker (album), a 2020 album Half Waif
• "The Caretaker" (Motherland), a 2017 television episode
• "Caretaker" (Not Going Out), a 2006 television episode

• Janitor (chiefly in the United States), a person who cleans and maintains buildings such as hospitals and schools
• Property caretaker, a person who cares for a property
• Caregiver or carer (UK), a person who cares for another person
• Caretaker manager, someone who takes temporary charge of team affairs of a football club

• Caretaker government, a temporary government
• Caretaker Ministry (disambiguation), one of three short-lived governments of Great Britain
• Caretaker genes, a group of tumour suppressor genes
• Caretaker (military), a detachment of one or more personnel to maintain facilities that are inactive but not abandoned

• Caretakers Cottage, an Australian organisation which assists homeless kids