The invention belongs to the technical field of 
rare earth wet 
metallurgy, and particularly relates to a method for removing 
fluorine in bastnaesite 
sulfuric acid leaching liquid by using a 
zirconium-containing adsorbent. The method comprises the following steps of firstly, preparing 
zirconium salt into solution being 0.05-0.5 mol.L<-1>, stirring and activating by adding a precipitating agent, obtaining 
zirconium-containing adsorbent hydrated 
zirconium oxide by 
drying a 
solid product obtained by suction 
filtration, diluting bastnaesite 
sulfuric acid leaching liquid by 10-100 times by adding water, regulating the acidity to be 0.1-1.0 mol.L<-1>, adding 0.2-1.0g / 50ml of a prepared zirconium-containing adsorbent, oscillating for 10-40 minutes, and then carrying out 
solid-liquid separation, and obtaining to obtain 
solid zirconium-containing adsorbent loaded with 
fluorine and defluorination 
sulfuric acid leaching liquid. According to the method disclosed by the invention, the generation of three 
fluorine-containing waste products is reduced through fluorine removing, the environment 
pollution due to a procedure is greatly relieved, meanwhile, the influence for on the extraction and the separation of follow-up 
rare earth due to the fluorine can be removed by simultaneously removing the fluorine from sulfuric acid liquid before extraction, the zirconium adsorbent after the adsorption can be reutilized, and the cost is greatly reduced.