The invention relates to the technical field of walnut cracking, and discloses a manual pressure type walnut cracker. The walnut cracker comprises a base plate, two vertical rods, a supporting plate,a U-shaped block, a rotating shaft, a fixing base, a movable rod, a compression spring, a cracking mechanism, a placement mechanism and a handle. The two vertical rods are fixed to the two ends of theright side of the base plate and arranged in parallel. The supporting plate is fixed to the top between the two vertical rods, the U-shaped block is fixed to the middle of the top of the supporting plate, the U-shaped block is parallel to the two vertical rods, and the rotating shaft is fixed to an inner cavity of the U-shaped block. Walnuts are placed into the placement mechanism, the handle israpidly pulled downwards, the cracking mechanism is moved downwards to be clamped into the placement mechanism, gravity of the cracking mechanism is used for cracking and crushing shells of walnuts inside the placement mechanism, the walnut shells are sprung back through reverse force of a compression spring, and the walnut cracker is safe, convenient to use, capable of saving time and labor and convenient for women and children to use.