The invention relates to a garbage can remotely controlled by a smart phone. The garbage can is characterized in that the structure of the garbage can comprises a pedestal, a barrel body, a barrel shell, a barrel cover, universal wheels, inductors, charging interfaces, a switch button, a signal receiver and an Android phone, wherein the pedestal and the barrel shell are of quadrilateral cubes, the barrel body is arranged on pedestal, the barrel shell and the barrel cover are integrally connected, the inductors, a controller and a charging type battery are arranged in the pedestal, the charging interfaces are formed in the outer edge of the pedestal, the switch button is arranged on the outer edge of the pedestal, the signal receiver is mounted above the edge of the barrel shell, and the universal wheels are arranged on the bottom of the pedestal; and the inductors comprise a field effect human body inductor, a body capacity inductor, a pyroelectricity human body infrared inductor, a microwave Doppler human body inductor, an infrared reflection human body inductor and a contact sensor. The intelligent garbage can is very practical for people having difficulty in moving, disables, elders and the like.