Titanium tetrachloride is purified using adsorption column packed with activated silica gel. When 120 ml of titanium tetrachloride was passed through an adsorption column filled with 7 g silica gel, iron content in titanium tetrachloride has been reduced from 7 ppm to less than 1 ppm, and aluminum from 46 ppm to 11 ppm, while silicon content being unchanged at about 60 ppm.