The invention relates to the technical field of extraction of plant effective components, in particular to a method for extracting hesperidin from citrus to prepare hesperetin, which comprises the following specific steps: S1, drying citrus, crushing, filtering with a screen, weighing 100 kg of powder, adding a solvent for extraction, adjusting the pH value to be alkaline, putting the powder into a self-made ultrasonic countercurrent extraction device for extraction for 120 minutes, filtering, collecting an extracting solution, extracting twice, combining the extracting solution, concentrating the combined extracting solution until the volume is 1/(2-4) of the volume of the original extracting solution, filtering, adjusting the pH value to 3-4, standing and precipitating for 8 hours, filtering and collecting a precipitate, washing the precipitate with pure water until the precipitate is neutral, drying into powder, and weighing to obtain the citrus crude extract. According to the invention, the hesperetin is produced by designing and utilizing the waste citrus. Compared with the traditional process for preparing hesperetin by taking hesperidin as a raw material, the method has the advantages that the intermediate loss is reduced, the purification and drying links of the hesperidin are reduced, and the production period is greatly shortened.