The invention discloses a method for realizing gob-side entry retaining through a grouting anchor cable. The method includes the steps of designing a tunnel needing to be reserved for use, isolating a goaf, and keeping the tunnel complete to serve as a transportation, ventilation and pedestrian tunnel of a next working face; constructing an anchor cable hole according to design, installing and anchoring the anchor cable and sealing the hole; reinforcing a top plate through early grouting during pushing-gathering so that the tunnel and the top plate can be glued into a whole, arranging the anchor cable along the boundary of the goaf, erecting nogs, point pillars and gangue bags along the boundary for blocking after pushing-gathering of the tunnel so that boundary overlocking and topping of the goaf can be achieved, and pressing the top plate through the goaf till the top plate breaks and naturally collapses because no support exists above the goaf so that the tunnel can be reserved. The top plate is secondarily reinforced through grouping by reasonably using the grouping anchor cable, the reinforcing effect is remarkable, the surrounding rock of the top plate is stable, the overall mechanical performance is remarkable, the horizontal stress of two banks is reduced, the overall deformation of the tunnel is reduced by about 70%, the support cost is reduced, the tunnel is not secondarily repaired, and later-period workloads are reduced.