The present invention is to provide a sheet feeding apparatus to feed a sheet including a pressing member that presses and regulates one end in the width direction of sheets on a stack tray, an urging member that urges the pressing member, and an urging force changing mechanism that changes an urging force of the urging member in accordance with a sheet thickness, the urging force changing mechanism provides a pressing force in accordance with a sheet kind, so that sheets can be reliably aligned and fed in an appropriate posture.