A magnetooptical recording apparatus that records information by applying a magnetic field from a magnetic head while irradiating a light beam onto a magnetooptical disk from an optical pickup. The apparatus includes an optical pickup, a magnetic head having a slider that moves in a radial direction of the magnetooptical disk together with the optical pickup and is abutted against a recording surface of the magnetooptical disk and first and second elastic members that support the magnetic head.