Cleaning material for molding metal die, and cleaning method

A sheet-like cleaning material for a molding metal die formed by enclosing a cleaning member in at least two layers of sheet-like base materials, characterized in that the cleaning member is formed of one type of tablet-like, granular, or powdery cleaning member or a sheet-like or a plate-like cleaning member. The cleaning material for the molding metal die desirably involves a forming member together with the cleaning member, the sheet-like base materials are desirably formed of sheet-like fiber base materials with a porosity of 70 vol. % or more, and the sheet-like fiber base materials are used as the outermost layer of the cleaning material for the molding metal die.