The present invention relates to a clothes dryer comprising: a main body and a drum which is provided in such a way as to be able to rotate in the main body; a duct for conducting air which has been discharged from the drum; and a filter assembly for filtering out lint contained in the air emerging from the drum. The filter assembly comprises a lint filter and a cover filter, and has a lint-collecting part which is enclosed by the lint filter and the cover filter. Also, the clothes dryer according to the present invention has a sensing means which senses whether the lint filter has been fitted, and this sensing means comprises a magnet fitted around the lint filter and a reed switch fitted to a cover guide.
