A method for manufacturing a disposable worn article resent invention includes: a first step of applying sive on at least one of a first web and a second web step of sandwiching an elastic member between the nd second webs and combining the first and second d the elastic member together, thereby producing a d web and a third step of melting a portion of at ne of the first and second webs and a portion of the member, thereby reducing a shrinking force of the member in the melted portion.
