The invention relates to a method for preparing cryolite by alkaline leachate of a cathode carbon block of an aluminum electrolytic cell, and belongs to a leachate preparation method. The method comprises the steps of grinding the cathode carbon block of the aluminum electrolytic cell to a certain particle size, mixing the ground cathode carbon block with alkaline liquid, carrying out size mixing, carrying out stirring leaching at a heating temperature of 20-90 DEG C, filtering to obtain first filtrate and a first filter residue, adding sodium fluoride and a small amount of Na3AlF6 solids into the first filtrate, controlling the introducing velocity of CO2-rich gas to generate precipitates while heating and stirring, after the reaction is finished, filtering to obtain second filtrate and a second filter residue, and drying the second filter residue at 100-150 DEG C, so as to obtain a cryolite product. According to the method, acidy leaching is replaced with alkaline leaching, so that the equipment requirements in the production process are reduced, processing processes such as flotation are omitted, an absorption process of hydrogen fluoride is omitted, and the processing process is simplified; a high-temperature processing process is saved, so that the energy consumption is reduced; and by adding crystal seeds, high-quality cryolite with the uniform particle size is generated when airflow rate is controlled. The method has the beneficial effects that the process is simple, a closed loop is utilized, the resource utilization rate is high, and the secondary pollution is avoided.