The invention discloses a downhole throttler recovery device and method, and belongs to the field of oilfield equipment. The downhole throttler recovery device comprises salvage equipment which comprises a connecting rod, a center rod, a base plate, an elastic part and an elastic claw; one end of the connecting rod is used for being connected with a traction carrier, the other end of the connecting rod is connected with one end of the center rod, the other end of the center rod stretches into the elastic claw from the top end of the elastic claw, and the top end of the elastic claw is fixed tothe center rod through a first shear pin; the base plate is located in the elastic claw and fixed to the end face of the other end of the center rod, the diameter of the base plate is larger than thediameter of the center rod, and the inner diameter of the top end of the elastic claw is smaller than the diameter of the base plate; and the elastic part sleeves the center rod, one end of the elastic part is connected with the connecting rod, the other end of the elastic part is connected with the top end of the elastic claw, and the maximum stress of the first shear pin is smaller than the maximum stress of the traction carrier. A downhole throttler can be recovered, the throttler can be automatically released when being resisted, downhole fish falling caused by breaking of the traction carrier is avoided, and the safety performance is good.