The invention discloses a hand-held control device for a hydraulic support. The hand-held control device comprises a hand-held shell, a controller circuit arranged in the shell, input keys and a displayer, wherein the input keys and the displayer are arranged on the hand-held shell. The input keys and the displayer are connected to the controller circuit, an explosion-proof cable gland is arranged on the hand-held shell, and the controller circuit is connected with a data acquisition device and a driver through the explosion-proof cable gland. The hand-held control device has the advantages that the hand-held control device is simple in structure and convenient to use, and can be conveniently connected with the driver through CAN communication, so that a controller is controlled to emit a control signal so as to control working of the hydraulic support; and the keys, the displayer, an indicator light and the like are arranged on the hand-held device, and thus man-machine interaction can be conveniently conducted.