The invention relates to the field of textile, and discloses a cotton seed separating device which comprises a body. The inside of the body is provided with a feeding port, a feeding pipe, an operation barrel, a pressuring roller and a sliding rail, a screw rod is arranged in the feeding pipe and provided with a chamber, a through hole, a first bevel gear, a steamer and a motor, the first bevel gear is engaged with a second bevel gear, the second bevel gear is coaxially connected with an incomplete gear, a baffle plate is fixedly connected at the tail end of the feeding pipe, a conveying pipeis fixedly connected at the top of the operation barrel and connected with a treatment box, an air feeding plate, a plurality of heating pipes and a fan are arranged in the operation barrel, air outlet holes are densely formed in the air feeding plate, a separating tank is arranged on the operation barrel, a brush is arranged in a separating box, a collecting box is communicated with the bottom ofthe separating box, a rack and a spring are arranged in a guide rail, a pushing rod and a connecting rod mechanism are arranged on the rack, a needle plate is arranged on the pushing rod, iron splinters are densely distributed on the needle plate. By the aid of the technical scheme, the separating device solves the problems of low quality of cotton fibers separated by a ginning machine and more cotton dust in the prior art.