PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a deodorizing method and a device capable of inducing, within a brief period, an effect of deodorizing a dehydrated cake of a sludge generated at a water treatment plant and of sustaining the effect over an extended period.SOLUTION: At a step of generating a dehydrated cake by dehydrating a concentrated sludge obtained by concentrating a sludge slurry in the provided deodorizing method of a dehydrated cake, a bacteriostatic agent is added to the concentrated sludge prior to the completion of dehydration.