BaTiO 3 microcrystals with special two-dimensional morphology have important applications in the field of piezoelectric devices. They are not only an ideal template for constructing textured ceramics, but also can be directly used in the manufacture of nanomicro piezoelectric devices. However, due to the high symmetry of the perovskite itself, the synthesis of twodimensional (2D) BaTiO 3 microplatelets is still quite difficult. In this work, single-crystalline perovskite BaTiO 3 microplatelets were prepared through a topochemical microcrystal conversion route by selecting a suitable template. First, two-dimensional Ba 6 Ti 17 O 40 microplatelets have been synthesized through the molten salt method. In this process, two diffusion channels along [110] and [1̅ 10] formed by [TiO 6 ] octahedrons/[TiO 5 ] pentahedrons make Ba 6 Ti 17 O 40 form a plate-like morphology with the exposed crystal facets (001). Second, using these Ba 6 Ti 17 O 40 microplatelets as an induced shape precursor, BaTiO 3 microplatelets have been further prepared through the topochemical reaction, in which all edge-shared [TiO 6 ] octahedrons converted to corner-shared modes for obtaining the minimum energy state. The resulting BaTiO 3 microplatelets showed a large piezoelectric response by piezoelectric force microscopy measurements, confirming its ferroelectric feature. This work offers a facile in situ topochemical strategy for fabricating 2D perovskite microcrystals and expanding the potential application fields of BaTiO 3 microplatelets.