To provide a cutting method of an optical lens and/or a die therefor in which the entire cutting surface can be cut with substantially uniform surface accuracy in a short cutting time.

In the method for cutting an optical lens 1 and/or a die therefor by moving a cutting blade 2 in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis C with the optical lens 1 and/or the die therefor is rotated around the optical axis, the feed pitch of the cutting blade 2 in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis C is changed according to the position in the radial direction of the optical lens 1 and/or the die therefor.