A tape feeder comprising: a feeder main body ; a driving sprocket which is a sprocket configured to engage with feeding holes provided in a carrier tape having a base tape accommodating an electronic component (P) and a cover tape bonded to an upper surface of the base tape , the driving sprocket being rotatably provided in the feeder main body , and configured to be driven by a motor and to convey the electronic component (P) to a predetermined component supply position (Ps) by pitch-feeding the carrier tape ; a peeling section comprising a peeling blade , being provided on an upstream side in a conveyance direction of the carrier tape from an engaging position of the driving sprocket and the feeding holes , which is configured to peel off at least a part of a bonding portion between the cover tape and the base tape ; a first tape pressing section configured to press the carrier tape at a position where the cover tape is peeled off by the peeling blade , at the component supply position (Ps), and at the engaging position of the driving sprocket and the feeding holes ; a manual sprocket , being a sprocket engageable with the feeding holes and provided on an upstream side of the first tape pressing section ; and a second tape pressing section configured to press the carrier tape above the manual sprocket so as to maintain a state of the feeding holes engaged with the manual sprocket , characterized in that the manual sprocket is provided in the feeder main body to be rotatable at a position where a conveying distance of the carrier tape from the engaging position of the manual sprocket with the feeding holes to the peeling blade is longer than a conveying distance of the carrier tape from the peeling blade to the component supply position (Ps), which is configured to be manually operated to convey the carrier tape pulled out from a reel (R), around which the carrier tape is wound, to the first tape pressing section . a feeder main body ; a driving sprocket which is a sprocket configured to engage with feeding holes provided in a carrier tape having a base tape accommodating an electronic component (P) and a cover tape bonded to an upper surface of the base tape , the driving sprocket being rotatably provided in the feeder main body , and configured to be driven by a motor and to convey the electronic component (P) to a predetermined component supply position (Ps) by pitch-feeding the carrier tape ; a peeling section comprising a peeling blade , being provided on an upstream side in a conveyance direction of the carrier tape from an engaging position of the driving sprocket and the feeding holes , which is configured to peel off at least a part of a bonding portion between the cover tape and the base tape ; a first tape pressing section configured to press the carrier tape at a position where the cover tape is peeled off by the peeling blade , at the component supply position (Ps), and at the engaging position of the driving sprocket and the feeding holes ; a manual sprocket , being a sprocket engageable with the feeding holes and provided on an upstream side of the first tape pressing section ; and a second tape pressing section configured to press the carrier tape above the manual sprocket so as to maintain a state of the feeding holes engaged with the manual sprocket , characterized in that the manual sprocket is provided in the feeder main body to be rotatable at a position where a conveying distance of the carrier tape from the engaging position of the manual sprocket with the feeding holes to the peeling blade is longer than a conveying distance of the carrier tape from the peeling blade to the component supply position (Ps), which is configured to be manually operated to convey the carrier tape pulled out from a reel (R), around which the carrier tape is wound, to the first tape pressing section . <EOS>