In a method for cutting a solid-state image pickup device of the present invention, a glass cover plate is diced with a surface thereof being protected, so that chipping of the glass cover plate can be significantly prevented. In addition, since a CCD wafer is adhered after the glass cover plate is diced, no glass fragments scattered due to chipping of the glass cover plate touch the CCD wafer, or cause damage to the CCD wafer, thereby a cutting of solid-state image pickup device can be achieved with high accuracy and high quality.