A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid from a nozzle that is disposed on a bottom surface of the liquid ejecting head, wherein the bottom surface comprises a nozzle region and a protrusion surface, wherein the nozzle region has an opening region of the nozzle on the bottom surface and the protrusion surface is a region outside of the nozzle region on the bottom surface and protrudes more than the nozzle region such that a step is present between the nozzle region and the protrusion surface, and the protrusion surface has a lower liquid repellence than the nozzle region; an absorption member which is able to absorb the liquid which is adhered to the bottom surface by contacting the bottom surface; and a pressing portion which presses the absorption member from the opposite side from the side that contacts the bottom surface in the absorption member and causes the absorption member to contact the bottom surface, wherein the pressing portion has a convex portion that is able to press the absorption member, wherein a dimension of the convex portion in a direction that intersects with a direction in which the absorption member is configured to be moved relatively to the liquid ejecting head in a direction along the bottom surface in a state of contacting the bottom surface is shorter than a dimension of the nozzle region in the intersection direction, wherein the apparatus is configured to selectively perform either one of a first contact operation which causes a part of the absorption member that is pressed by the convex portion of the pressing portion to contact the nozzle region to enable the nozzle region and the protrusion surface to be wiped by contact with the absorption member, and a second contact operation which causes the part of the absorption member that is pressed by the convex portion of the pressing portion to contact the bottom surface at a position which corresponds to the protrusion surface, and the absorption member does not contact the nozzle region at all, wherein the nozzle region is covered by a liquid repellent film such that ink droplets smaller than the step flow together to form an ink droplet adhered to the nozzle region which is larger than the step, such that, in the second contact operation, the ink droplet which is larger than the step that is adhered to the nozzle region is reliably removed by the absorption member. a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid from a nozzle that is disposed on a bottom surface of the liquid ejecting head, wherein the bottom surface comprises a nozzle region and a protrusion surface, wherein the nozzle region has an opening region of the nozzle on the bottom surface and the protrusion surface is a region outside of the nozzle region on the bottom surface and protrudes more than the nozzle region such that a step is present between the nozzle region and the protrusion surface, and the protrusion surface has a lower liquid repellence than the nozzle region; an absorption member which is able to absorb the liquid which is adhered to the bottom surface by contacting the bottom surface; and a pressing portion which presses the absorption member from the opposite side from the side that contacts the bottom surface in the absorption member and causes the absorption member to contact the bottom surface, wherein the pressing portion has a convex portion that is able to press the absorption member, wherein a dimension of the convex portion in a direction that intersects with a direction in which the absorption member is configured to be moved relatively to the liquid ejecting head in a direction along the bottom surface in a state of contacting the bottom surface is shorter than a dimension of the nozzle region in the intersection direction, wherein the apparatus is configured to selectively perform either one of a first contact operation which causes a part of the absorption member that is pressed by the convex portion of the pressing portion to contact the nozzle region to enable the nozzle region and the protrusion surface to be wiped by contact with the absorption member, and a second contact operation which causes the part of the absorption member that is pressed by the convex portion of the pressing portion to contact the bottom surface at a position which corresponds to the protrusion surface, and the absorption member does not contact the nozzle region at all, wherein the nozzle region is covered by a liquid repellent film such that ink droplets smaller than the step flow together to form an ink droplet adhered to the nozzle region which is larger than the step, such that, in the second contact operation, the ink droplet which is larger than the step that is adhered to the nozzle region is reliably removed by the absorption member.