The invention relates to a method for preparing tellurium dioxide from tellurium slag. According to the technical scheme, the method comprises the following steps of: adding tellurium slag to sulfuric acid solution, stirring at normal temperature, adding 10% oxydol at the temperature of 30-40 DEG C, and then heating to 80-90 DEG C, and leaching under normal pressure; adding copper powder to leachate, carrying out replacement reaction at the temperature of 90-95 DEG C for 2 hours, and carrying out solid-liquid separation to obtain copper telluride slag; adding copper telluride slag to sulfuricacid solution, adding 10% oxydol, stirring at the temperature of 90 DEG C for 1 hour, and filtering; adding sodium carbonate to filtrate for neutralizing the filtrate till pH of the filtrate is 3, and filtering; adding NaOH to filter residue, carrying out alkali leaching and stirring at the temperature of 85-95 DEG C for 1 hour, and filtering; and adding H2SO4 to filtrate for neutralizing the filtrate till pH of the filtrate is 6-7, filtering, washing and drying to obtain a product. The method has the characteristics that: low-grade tellurium-containing material discarded by a copper anode mud production enterprise is used as a raw material to produce high-purity tellurium dioxide, the process is reasonable and pollution-free, and the recovery rate of tellurium is high.