The invention discloses a method for extracting stevioside from stevia rebaudiana. The method comprises the following steps: crushing dry leaves of stevia rebaudiana, adding water for soaking, addingcellulase for enzymolysis, and adjusting the pH value of the system to 5.6-6.5, and performing heating extraction, cooling, settling centrifugation and filtering to obtain an extract solution; heatingthe extract solution in a water bath, adding a flocculant, stirring the mixture uniformly, and adjusting the pH value of the system to 7.5-8.2, performing flocculating, centrifugally settling and filtering, adding a composite adsorbent, performing boiling in a normal pressure reflux state, and performing filtering and concentrating to obtain a concentrated solution; treating the concentrated solution on a silica gel chromatography column, performing eluting with a mixed solvent, collecting fractions, and performing vacuum concentrating and vacuum drying to obtain stevioside. The method has the advantages of simple process, low cost and high operability, and is suitable for factory production, the residual quantity of an organic solvent is quite low, obtained stevioside is white or off-white powder, and the purity and yield are high.