Method for producing grain-oriented electrical steel sheet

A method for producing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, comprising subjecting a steel material containing, by mass %, Si:

• 2.0% or more and 5.0% or less, Mn:
• 0.01% or more and 0.50% or less, and one or both of S and Se:
• 0.001% or more and 0.100% or less in total, to hot rolling, followed by cold rolling once, or twice or more with intermediate annealing in between, followed by decarburization annealing, followed by application and drying of an annealing separator mainly composed of MgO, followed by final annealing, followed by flattening annealing, wherein
• the final annealing is performed in an atmosphere where a flow rate of an atmospheric gas is 0.2 L/min or higher per tonne of steel sheet and a dew point is 10° C. or lower,
• the flattening annealing is accompanied by coating treatment including application of a coating solution, and
• prior to the application of the coating solution, pickling treatment is performed using an acid with a concentration of 1.0 mass % or more and 20.0 mass % or less at a temperature of 15° C. or higher for 1 second or more and 60 seconds or less.