Abstract: A method for removing a top tape from a chip tape and a device therefor capable of facilitating start of the removing operation and positively accomplishing the removing operation efficiently. The device includes a guide shoe arranged at a predetermined position on a chip tape and provided with a tongue-like element which enters a gap between the chip tape and a top tape and a removal member which carries out one of peeling of the top tape from the chip tape and cutting of the top tape to remove the top tape from the chip tape. The method is practiced using the guide shoe.