To provide a protective-layer thermal transferring film that can provide a protective layer having a superior sorting property.A protective-layer thermal transferring film which has a protective layer that comprises at least a peeling layer and a heat seal layer on at least one portion of one face of a substrate film, and can be thermally transferred, and when the protective layer is thermally transferred on an image-receiving member, the image-receiving member is allowed to have a surface coefficient of friction of 0.4 or less.