To provide a method for manufacturing a printed wiring board which can easily and surely form a fine wiring pattern having a small layer thickness while enhancing the productivity by simplifying a process, when forming a wiring structure having a filled via. The method for manufacturing a printed wiring board according to the present invention includes: bonding a metal foil 20 provided with a carrier foil having a carrier foil layer 22 and a metal foil layer 21 onto a resin substrate 11 (insulator) so that the metal foil layer 21 can contact one surface of the resin substrate 11; subsequently forming a via hole V (connection hole); filling the via with a film 32 formed by plating; then peeling the carrier foil layer 22 of the metal foil 20 provided with the carrier foil from the metal foil layer 21; and patterning the metal foil layer 21 which remains on the resin substrate 11 in a bonded state to form a wiring pattern 23.