A cleaning medium for a magnetic recording apparatus is disclosed, comprising
a
nonmagnetic support having provided thereon a lower coating layer mainly containing
a nonmagnetic inorganic powder and a binder, and a cleaning layer containing at
least a ferromagnetic inorganic powder and a binder provided on the lower coating
layer, wherein the thickness of the cleaning layer is from 0.05 to 1.0 m,
the thickness of the lower coating layer is from 0.2 to 5.0 m, the thickness
of the support is from 2.0 to 10 m, and the thickness in total of the cleaning
medium (cleaning tape) is from 4.0 to 15 m.
