This study was carried out to develop an efficient process for the elimination of phenol pollutant from soils. An microwave-assisted process (MAP) and a conventional Soxhlet extraction method (SEM) were employed to extract phenol from two types of soils. The effects of extraction methods, aged time of the spiked soil samples, extraction solvent and extraction time on the extraction performance were compared. Our results demonstrate that the recoveries from standard soil spiked were at least 10% higher for MAP than those for the conventional Soxhlet. The extraction time by MAP requires significantly shorter time (1 min) than 18 h of the conventional Soxhlet. The recoveries from non-contaminated soil spiked with phenol were also almost identical for above results. The reduction of the extraction times with efficiency higher than that afforded by the conventional Soxhlet technique supports the suitability of the MAP method.