The invention discloses pickling cold-formed steel and a manufacturing method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of steelmaking. The pickling cold-formed steel comprises the following chemical components in percentage by weight: less than or equal to 0.07% of C, less than or equal to 0.05% of Si, less than or equal to 0.45% of Mn, less than or equal to 0.020% of P, less than or equal to 0.010% of S, less than or equal to 0.060% of Als, less than or equal to 0.0100% of N, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. The manufacturing method comprises the following specific processing steps of: step 1, converter smelting; step 2, RH furnace refining; step 3, continuous casting; step 4, heating; step 5, rolling; step 6, cooling; step 7, coiling; step 8, pickling; and step 9, wetleveling. The microstructure of a hot-rolled steel plate manufactured by the manufacturing method is ferrite and pearlite, the yield strength of the product is 230-300 MPa, the tensile strength is 300-420 MPa, the elongation A50 is 38-45%, the 180-degree longitudinal bending test D =0a is qualified, the surface roughness of strip steel is 0.6-1.5, the surface whiteness of the strip steel is 55-65,the yellowness is 0.5-3.0, and the product has good yield ratio, elongation performance and cold bending performance, and has high-level roughness and surface gloss.