The invention discloses a method for manufacturing an ultra-oleophobic metal surface with recessed micropores. The method includes the following steps that a metal substrate is cleaned and dried; a nickel block serving as a positive pole and the metal substrate serving as a negative pole are connected to the positive pole and the negative pole of a power source respectively, and a nickel deposition solution evenly mixed with soluble spherical micronano-particles passes the portion between the positive pole and the negative pole to be powered on to form an electric settled layer, so that the soluble spherical micronano-particles are embedded in a metallic nickel layer and in the surface of the metallic nickel layer; cleaning and drying are conducted; the workpiece is put into a dissolution solution so that the soluble spherical micronano-particles can be dissolved, and the ultra-oleophobic surface of the recessed structure is formed on the surface of the nickel layer; and lower-surface-energy modification is conducted. According to the method, the soluble spherical micronano-particles pass the portion between the negative pole and the positive pole to be embedded in the surface of the deposition layer and in the deposition layer, then the soluble spherical micronano-particles are dissolved, and the oleophobic surface of the recessed structure is formed; and the specification and morphology of the recessed pores can be controlled through the size of the spherical particles so that the pores can be evenly and regularly arranged, batch production is achieved, and good wear resistance and ultra-oleophobic performance are achieved.