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This research focuses on removing Direct Blue 71 (DB 71) from aqueous solution in an efficient and very fast route by ionic liquid mediated γ-Fe2O3 magnetic ionomer. 2-hydroxyethylammonium sulphonate immobilized on γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles (γ-Fe2O3-2-HEAS) was used for this purpose. The influence of shaking time, medium pH, the concentration of sorbent and NaNO3 on removal was evaluated to greatly influence removal extent. The optimal removal conditions were determined by response surface methodology based on the four-variable central composite design to obtain maximum removal efficiency and determine the significance and interaction effect of the variables on the removal of target triazo dye. The results have shown that an amount of 98.2% as % removal under the optimum conditions. The adsorption kinetics and isotherms were well fitted to a pseudo-second order model and Freundlich model, respectively. Based on these models, the maximum dye adsorption capacity (Qm) of 47.60mgg-1 was obtained. Finally, the proposed nano-adsorbent was applied satisfactorily for removal of target triazo dye from different water samples.