The invention belongs to the technical field of water treatment, and specifically relates to a vertical sheet filter. The vertical sheet filter comprises a water outlet, a housing, an effluent weir, a side splitter, a guide rail, an emptying port, a dolly, a backwashing component, a filtering component, a water header, a water inlet and a sludge chamber. The water inlet, the water outlet and the emptying port are respectively arranged under the housing; the sheet filtering component is vertically arranged in the housing; the dolly is arranged on a dolly guide rail on top of the housing and can move on the guide rail; a dredge pump is fixed under the dolly; one end of a dredge tube is on two sides of the sheet filtering component, and the other end is connected to the dredge pump through a dredge header tube; and a spoil disposal plate with a certain gradient is arranged at the housing bottom. Because of usage of a light filter material and valve-free operation, the invention has characteristics of large filtering area, low filtering load, small backwashing water consumption, flexible system configuration, low energy consumption, small land occupation, simple operation and maintenance and high degree of automation, and can be combined with routine water treatment technology to realize a higher purifying efficiency.