There is disclosed cutting means of a honeycomb dried body in which cracks are not easily generated in the honeycomb dried body, even when a grindstone continues to be used for a long period of time, a cutting speed is raised and a cutting object is a honeycomb dried body having a large diameter. There is provided a cutting method of a honeycomb dried body to cut the honeycomb dried body while applying a force Pm which resists a thrust force Pt required for the cutting and a weight Pw of a cutoff section, to a portion which becomes the cutoff section.