The invention discloses an intelligent dry-cleaning type shoe cleaning machine which comprises a box body, a shoe position fixing device, a brush position fixing device, a drying cleaning device and a control system; the brush position fixing device is provided with a longitudinal elastic brush and a transverse elastic brush which are driven to rotate by a direct current motor, and the brush shafts of the elastic brushes are enabled to be matched with the contour curve of the vamp of a shoe to be cleaned in the cleaning process. According to the intelligent dry-cleaning type shoe cleaning machine, an image recognition system is adopted to carry out vamp stain detection and shoe code identification on the shoe to be cleaned, the targeted cleaning aiming at the stain is realized, the shoe cleaning quality and cleaning efficiency are greatly improved, further, the bendable contour-deformable elastic brushes are adopted, so that the cleaning is more thorough, and the cleaning efficiency is greatly improved. The invention provides a shoe cleaning method and solves the current situation that water cleaning causes damage to the vamp and the shoes cannot be sterilized and disinfected, the whole shoe cleaning process is realized by the procedures of stain recognition, brushing, washing and drying, the advantages of good effect, sterilization and disinfection in dry cleaning are given into full play, and the shoe cleaning quality and efficiency are greatly improved.