The invention provides an R type spring pin removal tool, and belongs to the technical field of power maintenance tools. The R type spring pin removal tool comprises pliers as well as a special-shaped top plate and a pin removal stud matched with an inner hole in the closed end of an R type spring pin; the pin removal stud is located on a left plier head, and one end of the special-shaped top plate is hinged to a right plier head of the pliers; the other end of the special-shaped top plate is matched with the excircle of a connecting bolt, and the pin removal stud is matched with the special-shaped top plate slidably; the pin removal stud and the special-shaped top plate are located on the same side of the right plier head and the left plier head; through operation of the pliers, the included angle between the left plier head and the right plier head of the pliers is decreased, and the special-shaped top plate is matched with the connecting bolt; and the R type spring pin is removed from the connecting bolt through reaction force provided by the connecting bolt. The R type spring pin removal tool provided by the invention has the advantages of the simple structure, low cost, timeand labor saving, easy operation and improvement of working efficiency, and the danger of high-altitude falling during removal of the R type spring pin is avoided; the safety is improved, and the R type spring pin removal tool has good promotion prospects in overhead line construction.