A method for controlling a liquid ejecting apparatus includes: driving a ejecting section by using each of a plurality of candidate waveforms of a minute vibration pulses in parallel with movement of a liquid ejecting head, the minute vibration pulses vibrates a liquid surface within a nozzle of the liquid ejecting head without causing liquid to be ejected from the nozzle, the candidate waveforms are different from each other; and setting a waveform of the minute vibration pulses included in a driving signal generated by the signal generating section, in accordance with an instruction accepted with an operating device.