Abstract: An electric board cleaner having a housing formed of two half housings, an absorbing head having a mouth for fixing a cleaning pad, a motor with a fan vertically located in a chamber in the housing, a dust net contained in a dust chamber in the housing, a film horizontally held at a lower end of the absorbing head and able to be tilted open by a sucking force of the fan. The cleaning pad is brought into contact with the surface of a blackboard to rub and wipe chalk powder off by turning on the motor. The dust net is removable for emptying the powder stored therein.