Cleaning device and image forming apparatus

The invention provides a cleaning device that appropriately removes residual matter on the surface of an image carrier with a cleaning member that bonds a contact member formed with an elastic material to a front end of the supporting member formed with a metallic plate spring, and an image forming apparatus. When the contact member is moved in the opposite direction from the moving direction of an image carrier and is brought into contact with the surface of the image carrier to remove residual matter (t) from the surface of the image carrier by using the cleaning member that bonds the contact member to the front end of the supporting member by a binding material, the contact member is bonded to the front end of the support member in such a manner that a front end of the contact member protrudes from the front end of the supporting member, so that the an edge portion at the front end of the contact member is brought into contact with the surface of the image carrier, and the front end of the supporting membe