A method for manufacturing a physical quantity detector is for a physical quantity detector including a flat frame-like base part, a flat plate-like moving part which is arranged inside the base part and has one end thereof connected to the base part via a joint part, and a physical quantity detection element laid on the base part and the moving part. The method includes: integrally forming the base part, the joint part, the moving part, and a connecting part which is provided on a free end side of the moving part and connects the base part and the moving part to each other; laying and fixing the physical quantity detection element on the base part and the moving part; and cutting off the connecting part.