The invention discloses a water-based glass grinding fluid which comprises a brominated alkyl quaternary ammonium salt surfactant, organic alcohol, a corrosion inhibitor and water. The water-based glass grinding fluid has excellent properties of cooling, lubricating, washing, corrosion preventing and the like, and has a better chemical dressing function on a diamond grinding tool; and according to the water-based glass grinding fluid, the grinding precision can be remarkably improved, the service life of the grinding tool is prolonged, and the greasy blockage of the grinding tool is effectively prevented. The water-based glass grinding fluid has good glass grinding efficiency, excellent chemical stability and low cost, has no harm to the health, does not pollute the environment, is convenient for use, and can be widely applied to the grinding and cleaning processes of various kinds of glass.