Dehumidification control method of air conditioner and air conditioner

The invention belongs to the technical field of dehumidification, and relates to a dehumidification control method of an air conditioner and the air conditioner, the air conditioner has an automatic dehumidification function, and the control method comprises the steps that an automatic dehumidification instruction is received; the on-off state of the air conditioner is judged; when the air conditioner is in the starting state, whether the air conditioner enters an automatic dehumidification preparation stage or not is judged according to the operation mode of the air conditioner; when the air conditioner is in the shutdown state, whether the air conditioner enters an automatic dehumidification preparation stage or not is determined according to the obtained indoor environment humidity value; and after the air conditioner enters the automatic dehumidification preparation stage, the indoor environment temperature and humidity value is monitored, and after the indoor environment humidity reaches the set dehumidi