the invention emanates from a hand - held grinder , in particular an orbital grinder , with at least one handle in or on a housing part and with a drive unit to drive a grinding disc in or on a disc - shaped tool carrier in a housing , wherein the grinding disc is on a grinding disc plane and the direction of force is perpendicular to the plane of the grinding disc . the invention proposes that the handle is connected to the housing through at least one vibration decoupling element . the invention also relates to a vibration decoupling device of a hand - held grinder .