To provide a method for purifying a liquid crystal compound, with which the reliability of a liquid crystal compound is improved and to obtain a liquid crystal composition having excellent reliability using the compound obtained by the method as a constituent component and a liquid crystal element using the liquid crystal composition.

This method for purifying a liquid crystal compound comprises applying a magnetic field to a liquid crystal compound in a liquid state, in a liquid crystal state or in a dissolved state in a solvent and subjecting the liquid crystal compound to a process for washing in water. The liquid crystal compound purified by the method has high reliability and is useful as a constituent material for a liquid crystal composition.