The invention relates to the field of medicine, and discloses a refining method of crystal type A azilsartan. The method comprises the following steps: S1, mixing ethyl acetate and absolute ethyl alcohol, heating, and then adding an azilsartan crude product, stirring to be completely dissolved, carrying out filter-pressing; S2, stirring the filtrate in the S1 at 20-25 DEG C to crystallize, filtering, granulating the filter residue through a 24-mesh sieve; drying the raw materials by use of a boiling drying and gradient warming way; drying for 50-70min at an ambient temperature condition, and then drying for 50-70min after warming 40+ / -2 DEG C, wherein the granularity control D (90) is 300-400 microns; drying for 2-3h after warming to 50+ / -2 DEG C, and the granularity control D (90) is 100-200 microns, cooling to obtain an azilsartan finished product. By use of the refining method disclosed by the invention, the dosage of a required organic solvent in refining is greatly reduced; and meanwhile, the stable crystal type A azilsartan is obtained since the raw materials are dried by use of the boiling drying and gradient warming way, the refining yield of 90% or above is acquired, the purity is 99.7% or above, the solvent residue (ethyl alcohol) is less than 0.3%, and the drying time is shortened to 3-6h.