In this paper, we show that, for \(n\ge 2\), the stable Picard group of \(\mathcal {A}(n)\) is \(\mathbb {Z}\oplus \mathbb {Z}\), where \(\mathcal {A}(n)\) is the usual finite sub Hopf algebra of the Steenrod algebra \(\mathcal {A}\) at the prime 2. The proof relies on reductions from a Hopf algebra to certain sub Hopf algebras.