The invention provides a drying system, an air conditioner and a work mode switch method. The drying system comprises an outdoor heat exchanger, a first indoor heat exchanger, a second indoor heat exchanger, a compressor, a three-way electromagnetic valve and a controller. The three-way electromagnetic valve is provided with three ports at the first end, second end and third end, wherein the first end is connected to the compressor through a four-way valve, the second end is connected to the outdoor heat exchanger, and the third end is connected to the first indoor heat exchanger. The controller is connected to the three-way electromagnetic valve and used for switching the three ports according to a received mode adjustment instruction to adjust the work modes of the air conditioner, and the work modes include a pre-heating mode, a temperature-control mode and a drying and dehumidification mode. The technical scheme replaces the scheme in the correlation technique that air is pre-heated in an electric heating mode, so that energy consumption is reduced, automatic control over drying of a heat pump is realized, energy is saved greatly, and emission is reduced greatly.