To provide a handle for bags that has such a versatility as to be attached to a thick bag and a thin bag alike and can keep the weight balance of things to be stored inside a bag equal and has a structure having sufficient strength to withstand shock applied from sideways, the weight of the bag, sudden shock, etc.

A first handle and a second handle are attached as separate bodies to the back and forth side of a bag that is so structured as to open in an upper part in the back and forth direction. The first handle and second handle are each composed of a grip portion and leg portions provided in a hanging position on both ends of the grip portion. The respective grip portions are united by joining removably. At one or two sites of each leg portion, a joining portion is provided that is pivotably joined by hinge structure. In a lower leg portion that constitutes the lowermost part of each leg portion, an insertion hole is provided through which a folded-back belt-like member fixed at an upper part on the back and forth side of the opening of the bag is passed through.