Provided is an aqueous hair cleansing composition, including the following components (A) to (D) and water, in which the aqueous hair cleansing composition has a pH of from 2 to 5 when diluted 20-fold: (A) an anionic surfactant； (B) a cationized hydroxypropyl cellulose having a main chain derived from an anhydroglucose, and having a degree of substitution with cationized ethyleneoxy groups of from 0.01 to 2.9 and a degree of substitution with propyleneoxy groups of from 0.1 to 4.0； (C) an organic solvent selected from (C1) and (C2): (Cl) an aromatic alcohol； and (C2) a polypropylene glycol having a molecular weight of from 200 to 1,000； and (D) a hydroxy monocarboxylic acid or a dicarboxylic acid.
