The invention relates to a method for recycling waste sulfuric acid. The method comprises the following steps: S1, carrying out defluorination pretreatment on waste sulfuric acid; S2, transferring thewaste sulfuric acid into a reaction kettle, and adding magnesium oxide for reaction; S3, carrying out filter pressing on a reaction liquid, transferring waste residues to a waste residue storage tank, and transferring filtrate to activated carbon filtering equipment; and S4, separating a magnesium sulfate mother liquor through a first crystallization kettle, detecting the content of potassium hydrogen sulfate, and determining whether the mother liquor is continuously circulated or recycled after potassium hydrogen sulfate is recycled according to whether the content of potassium hydrogen sulfate in the mother liquor reaches a preset threshold value or not. According to the method and the device, the recovery of potassium hydrogen sulfate in the waste sulfuric acid can be realized; the mother liquor is circularly purified, when the concentration of potassium hydrogen sulfate in the mother liquor does not reach a threshold value, the mother liquor flows back to the reaction kettle to continue to increase the concentration of potassium hydrogen sulfate in the mother liquor, and when the concentration of potassium hydrogen sulfate in the mother liquor reaches the threshold value, themother liquor is transferred to the crystallization kettle, the magnesium oxide is added, potassium magnesium sulfate is generated, separated and discharged, and the low-cost recovery of potassium hydrogen sulfate in the waste sulfuric acid is achieved.