Liquid Discharging Apparatus And Method For Cleaning Discharge Head

A liquid discharging apparatus and a method of cleaning a discharge head are provided. A technology of effectively inhibiting entering of a cleaning solution into nozzles during supplying of the cleaning solution when the cleaning solution is adopted to a wiping nozzle forming surface of the discharge head. The liquid discharging apparatus includes: a discharge head (6) that includes the nozzle forming surface (60) on which nozzles for discharging liquid are formed; a wiping member (711) that performs wiping by relatively moving on the nozzle forming surface (60) in a state in which a wiping surface (711a) abuts on the nozzle forming surface (60); a cleaning liquid supply unit (73) that supplies cleaning liquid to a liquid supplied surface (64) which is a different surface from the nozzle forming surface (60) and with which the wiping surface (711a) can come into contact; and a control unit that causes the wiping surface (711a) to abut on the liquid supplied surface (64) to which the cleaning liquid is supplied, and then causes the wiping surface (711a) to relatively move on the nozzle forming surface (60) in a state in which the wiping surface (711a) abuts on the nozzle forming surface (60).