In this paper, we have studied the effect of cooling rate on the recrystallisation texture, the residual stress and the magnetic induction of 6.5%Si high silicon steel. The thin sample sheets were kept at 1000 ℃ for 1 h and then cooled with different cooling mediums. The macrotexture and the residual stress were measured by XRD, while the micro-texture was analysed by EBSD. Magnetic measuring instrument was used to obtain the magnetic induction B8. The results showed that the cooling rate after recrystallization annealing had no significant effect on the type, content and distribution of recrystallized texture of 6.5%Si high silicon steel. However, with the decrease of cooling rate, the deviation of {100} and {110} fiber textures from the ideal orientation was reduced, which was beneficial to improving magnetic induction B8. The residual stress on (100) and (110) crystal planes was much higher than that on (111) crystal plane. Moreover, as cooling rate decreased, the residual stress in all specimens decreased gradually, which was the main reason for the change in deviation degree of texture. Since the crystal lattice distortion caused by residual stress reduced with the decrease of the cooling rate, the displacement resistance of magnetic domain walls decreased during magnetization. Thus the magnetic induction B8 increased gradually.