A fixing apparatus is provided that includes a fixing section, a pressure section, and an external heating section, the fixing apparatus being adaptable to an increase in image forming process speed, in which fixing apparatus, the fixing section, the external heating section, and the like section can be sufficiently cleaned without addition of another cleaning section, a growth in size of the fixing apparatus, nor a drastic increase in a manufacturing cost. In an image forming apparatus provided with a fixing apparatus which includes a fixing roller, a pressure roller, an external heating section, and a cleaning section having a cleaning web, the cleaning web is disposed in pressure-contact with the external heating section by tension of the cleaning web.