A tire cleaning method according to the present technology is a method of cleaning a tire in which puncture repair liquid has been used, comprising the steps of: recovering puncture repair liquid from an inside of a tire before removing the tire from a rim of a wheel; injecting cleaning liquid into the inside of the tire from which the puncture repair liquid has been recovered; cleaning the inside of the tire with the cleaning liquid by moving the tire; and removing the cleaning liquid from the inside of the cleaned tire.