Bleaching compositions useful for laundering fabrics comprising a manganese bleach catalyst at a level below about 40 ppm manganese sourced by the catalyst. Also, acid wash methods useful for reducing the bleach catalyst carry-over from laundry bleach compositions containing metal-containing bleach catalysts, said methods comprising contacting fabrics impregnated with metal-containing bleach catalysts with an aqueous acidic solution having a pH below about 4.0.