The invention provides a control method of softness of oxide scales on the surface of hot-rolling strip steel, belonging to the technical field of metallurgy. The method comprises the following steps: smelting liquid steel and continuously casting into plate blanks, heating and conducting thermal insulation on the plate blanks, then descaling, and rough rolling; and descaling again, and then finish rolling, wherein the initial rolling temperature is 1020-1070 DEG C, the finish rolling temperature is 870-920 DEG C, the rolling reduction is 75-95%, and the rolling speed is 3.5-12 m/s; cooling to 500-650 DEG C at the speed of 8-25 DEG C/s; and coiling. Aiming to different oxide scales structures, a hot-rolling process regulation scheme is provided in the method. In the hot-rolling process regulation scheme, by controlling the cooling speed and coiling temperature and the degree of a eutectoid reaction of FeO, reasonable control of the structure of the oxide scales is achieved, and loss of mechanical properties of products, which is caused by high temperature rolling, is compensated. The production efficiency is improved by using the existing devices and process conditions in a steel plant, surface quality is improved on the premise of ensuring mechanical properties of the steel plate and flexible production of oxide scale control.