The invention relates to a recovery method of copper-nickel heavy metals in electroplated mixed-flow waste water. The recovery method comprises the following steps of: using lime to adjusting the pH value to be 2.5-3 in the electroplated mixed-flow waste water containing copper and nickel, adding a flocculating agent PAM (polyacrylamide), generating precipitate, and carrying out solid-liquid separation; then adding sodium sulfide, generating copper sulfide precipitate, and carrying out solid-liquid separation; then adding hydrogen peroxide for preventing complexation, using the lime to adjusting the pH value to be 6.5, simultaneously precipitating copper and chromium ions, adding the flocculating agent PAM, and carrying out solid-liquid separation; then using the lime to adjusting the pH value to be 10.5, simultaneously adding sodium hypochlorite for preventing complexation, generating precipitate containing nickel hydroxide, adding the flocculating agent PAM, carrying out solid-liquid separation, and recovering nickel mud; and finally, adjusting the pH value of the discharged water to be 8 by adding sulfuric acid, and realizing standard discharging. The recovery method has the advantages that the process is simple and convenient, the operation is easy, the recovery cost is low and the recovery rate is higher.