Disclosed is a vacuum cleaner having an improved structure for preventing hair or foreign substances from being caught in a wheel. The vacuum cleaner includes a suction nozzle having a suction passage for cleaning a surface to be cleaned by a suction force and a wheel assembly accommodated in the suction nozzle and configured to be rotatable. The wheel assembly includes a wheel and a rotating shaft to rotatably support the wheel. The rotating shaft is inclined relative to a bottom surface of the suction nozzle.