A liquid ejecting device comprising: a liquid ejecting head (56, 56C, 56M, 56Y, 56K) having a nozzle surface on which openings of a plurality of nozzles that eject liquids are arrayed; a wiping unit (170, 170C, 170M, 170Y, 170K) that wipes the nozzle surface using a wiping member; a first relative movement device (352, 354) that performs a relative movement of the liquid ejecting head and the wiping unit in a first direction in parallel to the nozzle surface; a second relative movement device (364, 172) that performs a relative movement of the liquid ejecting head and the wiping member in a second direction that is a direction causing the wiping member to make contact with or to be separated from the nozzle surface; and a wiping control device (300, 338) that controls the first relative movement device and the second relative movement device to selectively wipe a wiping target section that is a part of the nozzle surface by the wiping member, wherein the wiping control device performs a contact control of causing the wiping member and the nozzle surface in a separated state to be brought into contact by the second relative movement device to start a wipe of the wiping target section while performing the relative movement of the wiping unit and the liquid ejecting head by the first relative movement device in a first direction in a front part of the wiping target section in the wiping start side on the nozzle surface and characterised in that the wiping control device further performs a separation control of separating the wiping member from the nozzle surface in a contacting state by the second relative movement device to end the wipe of the wiping target section while performing the relative movement of the wiping unit and the liquid ejecting head by the first relative movement device in the first direction in a rear part of the wiping target section in the wiping end side on the nozzle surface. a liquid ejecting head (56, 56C, 56M, 56Y, 56K) having a nozzle surface on which openings of a plurality of nozzles that eject liquids are arrayed; a wiping unit (170, 170C, 170M, 170Y, 170K) that wipes the nozzle surface using a wiping member; a first relative movement device (352, 354) that performs a relative movement of the liquid ejecting head and the wiping unit in a first direction in parallel to the nozzle surface; a second relative movement device (364, 172) that performs a relative movement of the liquid ejecting head and the wiping member in a second direction that is a direction causing the wiping member to make contact with or to be separated from the nozzle surface; and a wiping control device (300, 338) that controls the first relative movement device and the second relative movement device to selectively wipe a wiping target section that is a part of the nozzle surface by the wiping member, wherein the wiping control device performs a contact control of causing the wiping member and the nozzle surface in a separated state to be brought into contact by the second relative movement device to start a wipe of the wiping target section while performing the relative movement of the wiping unit and the liquid ejecting head by the first relative movement device in a first direction in a front part of the wiping target section in the wiping start side on the nozzle surface and characterised in that the wiping control device further performs a separation control of separating the wiping member from the nozzle surface in a contacting state by the second relative movement device to end the wipe of the wiping target section while performing the relative movement of the wiping unit and the liquid ejecting head by the first relative movement device in the first direction in a rear part of the wiping target section in the wiping end side on the nozzle surface.