The invention discloses a method for extracting tellurium dioxide from anode slime produced through tellurium electro-deposition. The method comprises the following steps that 1, the anode slime is put into a reaction kettle, water and sodium hydroxide are added, heating and mixing are performed for two hours, and filter pressing is performed to obtain filter residues, namely the tellurium dioxide; 2, the filter residues are put into the reaction kettle, water is added, a PH value is regulated to be 1.0-1.5 by using sulfuric acid, heating is performed to reach 85 DEG C, stirring is performed for two hours, and filter pressing is performed to obtain filtrate; 3, the filtrate is added into the reaction kettle, and iron powder is added and stirred for three hours; 4, sodium hydroxide is added after the solution is clarified and transparent, the PH value is regulated to be 7.0, then sodium hydroxide with the tellurium metal content 70% is added and stirred for an hour, filter pressing is performed to obtain a sodium tellurite solution, the PH value is regulated to be 5-5.5 by using sulfuric acid, and filter pressing is performed to obtain tellurium dioxide. In the step 3, the amount of the iron powder is determined according to the tellurium content in the filtrate and meets the requirements of a reaction equation: Te<6+> + Fe<0>= Te<4+> + Fe<2+>.