The invention discloses a method for recovering iodide from an isophorone cracking material, the method comprises the following steps: washing the cracking material for producing 3,5-dimethyl phenol by high-temperature cracking aromatization of isophorone with a metal salt solution, and fully converting iodide ions in the cracking material into iodide; after standing, separating 3, 5-dimethylphenol from the upper layer, and separating alkali washing water from the lower layer; concentrating the alkali washing water, crystallizing, washing and drying to obtain iodide solid; the metal salt solution is sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium acetate, potassium carbonate, lithium carbonate or ammonium carbonate. The whole process is simple and convenient to operate, the production process is continuously and stably operated, the risk of frequent operation of personnel is reduced, the safety is improved, the target product is obtained, the iodine element in the wastewater is recovered to a greater extent, the production cost of an enterprise is reduced, and the method is a green process.