PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide: a method for modifying a quartz crucible, capable of sufficiently and efficiently modifying the inner surface of the quartz crucible and improving a no-dislocation rate of the silicon single crystal; a method for manufacturing the silicon single crystal using the quartz crucible modified by the modifying method; and the quartz crucible modified by the modifying method.SOLUTION: The method for modifying a quartz crucible includes heating the quartz crucible before use at a temperature equal to or more than a fictive temperature and 1450°C or less in an inert gas atmosphere using a single crystal manufacturing apparatus by a Czochralski method.