Provided is an optical pressure-sensitive adhesive composition that gives a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having such heating reworkability as to be easily removed from a component such as cover glass at a temperature higher than the service temperature of an image display device. The optical pressure-sensitive adhesive composition of the present invention gives a release force X of 4.0 N/20 mm or less, where the release force X is a release force determined by applying a film to a glass plate through a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer made from the optical pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, and puling the film at a temperature of 100° C., a peel angle of 180 degrees, and a tensile speed of 50 mm/min.