A peeling apparatus comprising a holding table adapted to carry an optical disc composed of upper and lower disc-shaped substrates which are laminated to one another, a boss disposed centrally of said holding table which allows gas to blow between the disc-shaped substrates, and a suction device disposed peripherally of said holding table for sucking pulverized adhesive dust exhausted from the disc-shaped substrates when same are peeled from one another, said suction device including a suction groove formed to correspond to the peripheral ends of the disc-shaped substrates, said holding table including an arrangement which applies suction to and holds the disc-shaped substrates thereon.