Abstract: A cleaning tape having a cleaning effect for a magnetic head and an excellent picture quality and enabling the head cleaning state to be comprehended more reliably. The cleaning tape 1 includes a non-magnetic substrate 2 on which a magnetic paint mainly composed of magnetic powders and a binder is coated to form a magnetic layer 3. The Young's modulus in the longitudinal direction is 6000 to 10000 N/mm.sup.2, the residual magnetic flux density (Br) of the uppermost layer of the magnetic layer is not lower than 200 mT, the coercivity of the uppermost layer of the magnetic layer 3 is not lower than 127 kA/m and the centerline mean roughness of the surface of the magnetic layer (Ra) is 8 to 16 nm. The magnetic powders of the cleaning tape 1 are Fe--Co based alloy powders having a mean long-axis length of 0.06 to 0.20 .mu.