A method for manufacturing an elastic wave device includes a step of preparing a supporting substrate, a step of forming a high-acoustic-velocity film on the supporting substrate and in which an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave propagating therein is higher than an acoustic velocity of an elastic wave propagating in a piezoelectric film, a step of forming a low-acoustic-velocity film on the high-acoustic-velocity film and in which an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave propagating therein is lower than an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave propagating in the piezoelectric film, a step of forming the piezoelectric film on the low-acoustic-velocity film, and a step of forming an IDT electrode on a surface of the piezoelectric film.