The invention relates to an application of oxalic acid in removal of soil cadmium pollution. High-level pure oxalic acid is selected to prepare an oxalate solution with the concentration of 0.05wt%-1wt%, and the oxalate solution is used as an eluting agent; the eluting agent is added into polluted soil; an eluting process can be finished by oscillating, centrifuging and collecting an eluted solution at room temperature and then filtering the eluted solution; and a liquid to solid ratio of the chemical eluting agent to the polluted soil is 10:1 (ml/g). The chemical eluting agent formula is simple; the effect is outstanding; the operability is high; the application cost is low; the eluting rate is high; and a relatively good effect of removing cadmium ions in the soil is achieved. A test shows that when the concentration is 0.2 percent, the eluting rates are respectively 65.91 percent and 48.065 percent; and secondary pollution to the soil is avoided.