The invention relates to a method for preparing hexagonal plate cobaltosic oxide. The method comprises the following steps of: (1) mixing materials, namely uniformly mixing a cobalt raw material, alkali saturated solution and fluxing agent, and drying to obtain a sintering material; (2) roasting, namely crushing and roasting the sintering material, and naturally cooling to obtain sinter; (3) infiltrating, namely placing the sinter in 0.1 to 2.0M hydrochloric acid, soaking, washing and filtering to obtain a cobaltosic oxide hexagonal plate wet product; and (4) drying, namely drying the cobaltosic oxide hexagonal plate wet product to obtain a hexagonal plate cobaltosic oxide product. The hexagonal plate cobaltosic oxide is directly synthesized through calcining at one time, so that the synthesis of precursor precipitate is avoided, the reaction steps, temperature and time are effectively reduced, the energy consumption and preparation cost are reduced, reaction conditions are easy to control, and the large-scale industrial production can be realized conveniently; meanwhile, the product has high purity and yield, uniform particle size and stable performance.