A method for producing a material for shadow masks, which is characterized in that a steel ingot that consists of C≦0.0030% by weight, Si≦0.03% by weight, Mn of from 0.1 to 0.5% by weight, P≦0.02% by weight, S≦0.02% by weight, Al of from 0.01 to 0.07% by weight, N≦0.0030% by weight and B to satisfy 0.5 ≦B/N≦2 with a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities is hot-rolled at a finishing temperature lower than the Ar3 point thereof by from 0 to 30° C., coiled at a take-up temperature of from 540 to 700° C., washed with acid, cold-rolled, and then continuously annealed as a temperature of not less than 750° C. to make it have a remaining C amount of at most 0.0015% by weight, and thereafter subjected to secondary rolling to a reduction ratio of from 30 to 45%.