The invention discloses a method for removing fluorides from coal conversion wastewater, particularly fluorides in high-concentration brine of the coal conversion wastewater. The method comprises thespecific steps: draining the wastewater into a treatment tank, then, adding crystals AlCl3, and lowering the fluoride ion concentration of the coal conversion wastewater by adopting a coagulation settling method, wherein the mass / volume ratio of the crystals AlCl3 to the wastewater is 0.3g / L to 0.5g / L, and the fluoride ion content of treated wastewater is lower than 6mg / L. The coal conversion wastewater is complicated in water mass, is subjected to pretreatment and biochemical treatment, then, is subjected to ultrafiltration and reverse-osmosis membrane treatment and is subjected to advanced wastewater treatment and recycling. If the fluorides in the coal conversion wastewater enter a reverse osmosis membrane system for circulating concentration and produce calcium fluoride scales, flux and service lives of reverse osmosis membranes are seriously affected. According to the method disclosed by the invention, for complicated coal conversion wastewater, the crystals AlCl3 are selected asa coagulant, the coal conversion wastewater prior to entering the membrane system and the high-concentration brine subjected to membrane treatment are subjected to fluorine removing treatment, thus, the wastewater can meet the requirements of reverse osmosis concentrating, and the calcium fluoride scales are not produced.