The invention provides an activated alumina and activated carbon compounded material and a preparation method thereof. According to a formula, the material comprises the following raw materials in percentage by mass: 40 to 99 percent of aluminum hydroxide, 1 to 60 percent of activated carbon, and 15 to 35 percent of binder. The material is prepared by uniformly mixing, pelleting, ageing, molding, airing, sintering, rinsing, drying and the like. The invention aims to compound the activated carbon with the activated alumina; on the one hand, the material with a certain shape can be processed, the defects of loose shape, low strength, difficult recovery and the like of the activated carbon are overcome, and the material is easy to recycle; and on the other hand, the adsorption property of the activated alumina material is greatly improved. The method has the advantages of simpleness, practicality, readily available raw materials, low cost and suitability for industrial mass production, and can be widely applied to various fields such as industry, agriculture, environmental protection, air purification, water treatment and the like.