The invention discloses a method for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants by using a defective metal organic framework photocatalyst, which adopts the defective metal organic framework photocatalyst to perform photocatalytic degradation on organic pollutants, wherein the defective metal organic framework photocatalyst is prepared by solvent thermal reaction under the action of an acidregulator and taking ferric trichloride hexahydrate and terephthalic acid as raw materials, and N, N-dimethyl formamide as a solvent; the defective metal organic framework photocatalyst is a defect type MIL-53 metal organic framework photocatalyst. The method for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants by using the defective metal organic framework photocatalyst has the advantages of simple process, convenient operation, low cost, easy recycling, high treatment efficiency, high degradation rate and the like, can achieve effective and rapid degradation of organic pollutants, and has good application prospect in the actual treatment of the organic pollutant wastewater.