Tool for cleaning an aerosol-generating device

A cleaning tool for an aerosol-generating device, the cleaning tool comprising:

• an elongate body having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion,
• wherein the distal end portion of the elongate body defines a recess configured to receive a heating element of an aerosol-generating device, the recess extending from an opening in a distal end face of the elongate body towards the proximal end portion of the elongate body,
• wherein the distal end portion of the elongate body is provided with at least one protrusion inwardly projecting into the recess,
• wherein the elongate body further comprises a scraping surface at the distal end face of the elongate body, and
• wherein the at least one protrusion is substantially planar, with a major dimension of the substantially planar protrusion extending along at least a portion of a length of the elongate body.