The invention relates to a device for drying lithium iodide and a preparing method of the lithium iodide. The device comprises an electric jacket, a flask, a vacuum pump, an argon bottle and a vacuumpressure meter. The flask is arranged in the electric jacket, the flask is a three-connector flask, three connectors comprise the first connector, the second connector and the third connector, and thefirst connector, the second connector and the third connector are in seal connection with the argon bottle, the vacuum pressure meter and the vacuum pump through pipelines. The three-connector roundbottom glass flask is selected as the flask, trihydrate lithium iodide is subjected to vacuum drying in the flask, cost is reduced, rapid joints are arranged between the flask and the vacuum pump andbetween the flask and the argon bottle, the preparing process is more convenient and rapid, the lithium iodide prepared through the method effectively reduces the content of free iodine, and the waterand the free iodine reach the quality need, and are both lower than 0.02%.