The invention discloses a solvent and method for removing resin from lignite wax by virtue of a crystallization process, belonging to methods for removing resin from lignite wax. The method comprises the following steps: (1) heating and dissolving, namely putting lignite wax particles into a crystallization kettle, injecting a cyclohexane solvent or an acetic ester solvent according to a material-liquid mass ratio of 1:(5-50), stirring, heating the crystallization kettle by using steam, and controlling the pressure of the container to be 1.0-5.0 MPa until the lignite wax particles are dissolved; (2) cooling and crystallizing, namely after the lignite wax particles are dissolved, stopping heating, performing water cooling on the crystallization kettle until the temperature is between -10 and 20 DEG C, and keeping the low temperature for crystallization for 10-50 minutes; (3) filtering and drying, namely after crystallization, filtering to separate filter residues and filtrate, performing reduced pressure drying on the filter residues at 40 DEG C in a vacuum drying machine, and then performing press forming; and (4) recovering the filtrate, namely recovering by virtue of rectification, and separating the solvent and resin for recycling. The solvent adopted in the method disclosed by the invention is cyclohexane or acetic ester, and the two solvents are nontoxic, cause small harm to human bodies, are not corrosive, can be recycled, are harmless to the ecological environment and are environment-friendly.