The present invention relates to an electric secateurs which can improve the comfort of operation by increasing the speed of operation and by eliminating the fatigue manually for the lopping trees. For this purpose, the present invention provides an electric secateurs which can improve the safety during the manipulation by implementing a new type of switching means having a safety switch separated, which can be separated from a main body (10) and positioned on a user's finger, and to reduce the volume and weight, by reducing the number of components associated with the safety switch. In addition, the present invention provides an electric secateurs which controls a motor (11), the rotation of which can be reversed when a failure of the blades of the electric secateurs occurs during an operation of the pruning, which prevents the appearance of a failure (including a deterioration of the motor (11).