An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member to carry a
toner image, a drive device to drive the image carrying member, a
cleaning member to slide in contact with the image carrying member so as
to remove toner remaining on the image carrying member after transferring
the toner image onto a sheet from the image carrying member, and a
controller, so as to perform a reverse rotation to rotate and stop the
image carrying member in a reverse direction of a forward direction at
time of image formation and then perform a forward operation to rotate
and stop the image carrying member in the forward direction, to control
the drive device on the basis of a use amount of the image carrying
member.