The research progress on pretreatment technologies in determination of phenolic compounds in edible vegetable oil and oilseeds was mainly summarized,such as liquid-liquid extraction,ultrasonic-assisted extraction,microwave-assisted extraction,supercritical fluid extraction,solid phase extraction and magnetic solid phase extraction.Advantages and disadvantages of these technologies were compared and analyzed.The trends and future perspectives of pretreatment technologies for phenolic compounds in edible vegetable oil and oilseeds were also discussed.