Someone taught me once that you can descale a kettle with citric acid ( liquid or powder ) from the supermarket in ten minutes and it never needs scrubbing.
I live in an area with very hard water, so this one gets used regularly.

Pour a few tablespoons of citric acid into the empty kettle.
No water.
Let it sit directly on the limescale for ten minutes, then rinse well.
The scale just loosens and comes off.
No scrubbing, no chemical cleaners, costs almost nothing.

Works on coffee machines the same way.

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