The invention discloses a method for removing a bright trace on the surface of strip steel, and belongs to the technical field of steel rolling. The method comprises the following steps of: putting a continuous casting billet of the strip steel into a heating furnace, roughing, finishing, and coiling. The method is characterized in that in the roughing step, a first roughing mill performs first-pass rolling, a double-row header is opened for descaling, descaling pressure is not lower than 18MPa, a second roughing mill performs first-pass, second-pass, third-pass and fifth-pass rolling, odd-even passes are matched for descaling, and the descaling pressure of first-pass, second-pass, third-pass and fifth-pass rolling is not lower than 18MPa; and in the finishing step, six frames are used for continuous rolling, the double-row header is opened for descaling, and descaling pressure is not lower than 20MPa. By the method, through reasonable optimization and adjustment of a hot rolling process, the defect of the bright trace on the surface of the strip steel is overcome, and technical guarantee is provided for producing a hot-rolled plate coil with high stamping performance and surface quality by a continuous annealing process.