In a cleaner apparatus for steel plate provided with a brush roll 1 driven to rotate to remove foreign matter D from a surface Wa of a steel plate W to be conveyed, a magnet bar 3 to attract iron powder d among the foreign matter D stuck to the brush roll 1 by magnetic force, a wiping cloth 5 disposed between the brush roll 1 and the magnet bar 3 to remove the foreign matter D attracted by the magnet bar 3; the wiping cloth 5 of belt shape is disposed parallel to an axis L1 of the brush roll 1.