A method for stripping a running metal product presenting on its surface an oxide layer, said method using laser stripping by means of at least one stripping laser , the method comprising the following steps, implemented successively on each section of a plurality of consecutive sections of the running product: - determining an oxide layer removal energy density threshold on the section under consideration of said running metal product , corresponding to a minimum energy density necessary for removal of the oxide layer on the section under consideration, comprising: transmitting analysis laser pulses by an transmission system comprising a laser source , the analysis laser pulses being of equal wavelength and pulse duration to those of the stripping laser or lasers , on a segment of said section under consideration, to form, within said segment, a stripped region devoid of the oxide layer, capturing an image of the segment of the surface impacted by said analysis laser pulses, determining, from said image, a dimension representative of the stripped region, evaluating, from said representative dimension and information relative to the energy profile of the analysis laser pulses, of the oxide layer removal energy density threshold, - transmitting by the stripping laser stripping laser pulses on the section under consideration to strip it, the energy density of the stripping pulses being higher than the determined oxide layer removal energy density threshold, the stripping laser being controlled by a control unit receiving the determined oxide layer removal energy density threshold, in such a way that each point of the section under consideration is exposed in at least one instant to an energy density higher than the oxide layer removal energy density threshold. - determining an oxide layer removal energy density threshold on the section under consideration of said running metal product , corresponding to a minimum energy density necessary for removal of the oxide layer on the section under consideration, comprising: transmitting analysis laser pulses by an transmission system comprising a laser source , the analysis laser pulses being of equal wavelength and pulse duration to those of the stripping laser or lasers , on a segment of said section under consideration, to form, within said segment, a stripped region devoid of the oxide layer, capturing an image of the segment of the surface impacted by said analysis laser pulses, determining, from said image, a dimension representative of the stripped region, evaluating, from said representative dimension and information relative to the energy profile of the analysis laser pulses, of the oxide layer removal energy density threshold, transmitting analysis laser pulses by an transmission system comprising a laser source , the analysis laser pulses being of equal wavelength and pulse duration to those of the stripping laser or lasers , on a segment of said section under consideration, to form, within said segment, a stripped region devoid of the oxide layer, capturing an image of the segment of the surface impacted by said analysis laser pulses, determining, from said image, a dimension representative of the stripped region, evaluating, from said representative dimension and information relative to the energy profile of the analysis laser pulses, of the oxide layer removal energy density threshold, - transmitting by the stripping laser stripping laser pulses on the section under consideration to strip it, the energy density of the stripping pulses being higher than the determined oxide layer removal energy density threshold, <EOS>