I'll echo others sentiments. I have had my 10/22 since 1992, probably tens of thousands of rounds through it. I think I have disassembled and cleaned it maybe twice.
After each shooting, it gets the barrel and action blasted with Break Free and a few patches run thru the barrel with a nylon rod/jag.
Not saying that cleaning it is bad, or a waste of time. Just that it's not really finicky about cleanliness
