An inkjet recording apparatus (X1) comprising: a recording head having an ink ejection port through which ink is ejected; a cleaning liquid supplying portion formed independently of the recording head and having a cleaning liquid supply port through which cleaning liquid for cleaning an ink ejection surface is supplied, the ink ejection port being provided in the ink ejection surface ; and a cleaning member configured to clean the ink ejection surface by the cleaning liquid by moving while in contact with the ink ejection surface , wherein the cleaning liquid supplying portion includes: a main body portion disposed on an upstream side of the recording head in a moving direction of the cleaning member ; and a protruding portion protruding from the main body portion toward a downstream side in the moving direction, and covering, from below, lower ends of side surfaces of the recording head and the main body portion that face each other in the moving direction, the main body portion includes a cleaning liquid supply surface in which the cleaning liquid supply port is formed, the cleaning member is configured to move while being in contact, along the cleaning liquid supply surface , the protruding portion , and the ink ejection surface , and the cleaning liquid supplying portion includes: a first member including the cleaning liquid supply port and the protruding portion ; a second member forming a storage space storing the cleaning liquid , together with the first member ; and a plurality of porous members disposed in the storage space . a recording head having an ink ejection port through which ink is ejected; a cleaning liquid supplying portion formed independently of the recording head and having a cleaning liquid supply port through which cleaning liquid for cleaning an ink ejection surface is supplied, the ink ejection port being provided in the ink ejection surface ; and a cleaning member configured to clean the ink ejection surface by the cleaning liquid by moving while in contact with the ink ejection surface , wherein the cleaning liquid supplying portion includes: a main body portion disposed on an upstream side of the recording head in a moving direction of the cleaning member ; and a protruding portion protruding from the main body portion toward a downstream side in the moving direction, and covering, from below, lower ends of side surfaces of the recording head and the main body portion that face each other in the moving direction, a main body portion disposed on an upstream side of the recording head in a moving direction of the cleaning member ; and a protruding portion protruding from the main body portion toward a downstream side in the moving direction, and covering, from below, lower ends of side surfaces of the recording head and the main body portion that face each other in the moving direction, the main body portion includes a cleaning liquid supply surface in which the cleaning liquid supply port is formed, the cleaning member is configured to move while being in contact, along the cleaning liquid supply surface , the protruding portion , and the ink ejection surface , and the cleaning liquid supplying portion includes: a first member including the cleaning liquid supply port and the protruding portion ; a second member forming a storage space storing the cleaning liquid , together with the first member ; and a plurality of porous members disposed in the storage space . a first member including the cleaning liquid supply port and the protruding portion ; a second member forming a storage space storing the cleaning liquid , together with the first member ; and a plurality of porous members disposed in the storage space . <EOS>