To provide a swab which is used mainly for wiping an electronic component or an optical component and is a wiping tool obtained by fitting a wiping part to the tip of a bar-shaped material, by which non-wiped portions are not left on the object to be wiped and which does not damage the object to be wiped, does not generate dust by itself and does not elute a solvent.

A polyolefin sponge is used in the wiping part of the wiping tool (swab). It is further preferable that the polyolefin sponge is provided with specific ranges in porosity, pore diameter, and chlorine content.