A method for recovering a powder pulverized with hydrogen of a raw-material alloy for rare-earth magnets, comprising a hydrogen storing step of storing hydrogen into the raw-material alloy for rare-earth magnets accommodated in a processing container, a heating step of heating the raw-material alloy for rare-earth magnets which are pulverized by storing the hydrogen and dehydrogenating the raw-material alloy, a cooling step of cooling the heated raw-material alloy for rare-earth magnets, and a recovery step of recovering the cooled raw-material alloy for rare-earth magnets into the recovery container, wherein the recovery step is carried out in a recovery chamber which is adjacently connected to one or more processing chambers where the hydrogen storing step, the heating step and the cooling step are carried out, wherein the recovery chamber includes inert gas introducing means for introducing inert gas, evacuating means for discharging gas in the recovery chamber, a carry-in port through which the processing container is carried into the recovery chamber from the processing chamber, a discharge port disposed in a lower portion of the recovery chamber, and a recovery container connected to the discharge port, wherein the recovery step comprises the steps of: inert gas is introduced into the recovery chamber by the inert gas introducing means, the processing container is carried into the recovery chamber from the processing chamber through the carry-in port, the pressure in the recovery chamber is reduced by the evacuating means, the raw-material alloy for rare-earth magnets in the processing container is discharged into the recovery chamber under a reduced pressure of 1000 Pa to 1 Pa in the recovery chamber, inert gas is introduced into the recovery chamber by the inert gas introducing means, and a pressure in the recovery chamber is brought into a predetermined pressure by the inert gas, and the raw-material alloy for rare-earth magnets is recovered into the recovery container through the discharge port, wherein inert gas is previously substituted for air in the recovery container such that oxygen concentration becomes 20 ppm or less, and the predetermined pressure in the recovery chamber is set to the same as the pressure in the recovery container. inert gas is introduced into the recovery chamber by the inert gas introducing means, the processing container is carried into the recovery chamber from the processing chamber through the carry-in port, the pressure in the recovery chamber is reduced by the evacuating means, the raw-material alloy for rare-earth magnets in the processing container is discharged into the recovery chamber under a reduced pressure of 1000 Pa to 1 Pa in the recovery chamber, inert gas is introduced into the recovery chamber by the inert gas introducing means, and a pressure in the recovery chamber is brought into a predetermined pressure by the inert gas, and the raw-material alloy for rare-earth magnets is recovered into the recovery container through the discharge port, wherein inert gas is previously substituted for air in the recovery container such that oxygen concentration becomes 20 ppm or less, and the predetermined pressure in the recovery chamber is set to the same as the pressure in the recovery container.