A cleansing composition comprising the following components (A), (B), (C) and (D): (A) from 1 to 20% by weight of a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether sulfate, (B) from 0.02 to 5% by weight of a cation group-containing polymer (B) having a cationic charge density of from 4.5 to 7 meq/g, (C) from 0.02 to 10% by weight of cationized hydroxypropyl cellulose (C) represented by the following formula (1) wherein R1, R2 and R3 each independently represent a substituent group having a cationized ethyleneoxy group and a propyleneoxy group, n represents a number of from 20 to 5000 which is a number representing the average polymerization degree of anhydroglucose, and the substitution degree of the cationized ethyleneoxy group is from 0.01 to 3 and the substitution degree of the propyleneoxy group is from 0.01 to 5, and (D) water.