Abstract: A method for removing a liquid crystal alignment film from a liquid crystal cell substrate having the alignment film formed by coating a solution containing, as the main component, a polyamic acid having, as the main repeating units, a chemical structure of the following formula (1): ##STR1## wherein each of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R.sub.3 is a bivalent organic group constituting a diamine, and n is from 10 to 1,000, followed by baking, which method comprises irradiating said liquid crystal cell substrate with ultraviolet rays having wavelengths within a range of from 230 to 300 nm and then treating it with an aprotic highly polar organic solvent or an alkaline solvent.