The invention provides a method for fast recovering a surface phase of a high-light object based on the least square method. The method is different from an original method that valid gray values and invalid gray values in N optical grating pictures are directly substituted into a standard N-step phase shifting formula to solve the phase. The method comprises the steps that firstly, invalid pixel points and invalid gray values are removed, valid gray values of valid pixel points are directly used, a linear equation set is established according to the valid gray values, the optimal solution of the equation set is solved based on the least square method, the high-precision phase value is solved according to the optimal solution, and the phase value of the surface of the high-light object can be fast recovered. The method is simple in step, high in robustness and good in random error rejection capability, extra hardware facilities are not needed, the diaphragm and exposure time of a CCD camera do not need to be adjusted, the surface of the high-light object does not need to be processed, time is saved, the operation is fast, the measuring precision of the surface of the high-light object can be guaranteed, and the measuring accuracy is high.