The invention discloses a method for recycling ultrafine copper powder from waste liquid containing complexing copper, and belongs to the technical field of chemical engineering recycling. According to the technical scheme, the method for recycling the ultrafine copper powder from waste liquid containing the complexing copper comprises the steps of adding a pvp dispersing agent in the waste liquid containing the copper, then adding glucose and NaOH, conducting heating and stirring to conduct a prereduction reaction, after the reaction, adding thiourea dioxide, conducting heating and stirring to conduct a reduction reaction, after the reaction is finished, conducting filtering, conducting washing for two times, conducting ethyl alcohol washing for two times, conducting vacuum drying, and obtaining the ultrafine copper powder. According to the method for recycling the ultrafine copper powder, the copper removal rate is 99%, the granularity of the recycled and obtained ultrafine copper powder can be 700nm-1500nm, the purity of the produced copper powder can be more than 99.95%, and the prepared ultrafine copper powder is applied to a plurality of fields of conducting resin, conductive coatings, conductive composite material raw materials, high-performance catalysts, lubricant additives, nanocrystalline copper, medicines and the like.