A method for manufacturing an absorbent article including a mounting step of conveying a web 7 in which components forming the absorbent article 1, and then mounting an absorber on the web 7, a folding step of folding the web, a cutting step S5 of cutting the web and forming a plurality of absorbent articles, an assigning step S6 of assigning the absorbent articles cut by the cutting step to at least a first path 75 and a second path 76, one by one, and a direction-changing step S8 of changing the direction of the absorbent articles.
