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In this study, the hydrogen chloride removal using K-based dry sorbents (K2CO3/Al2O3, KEPRI, Korea) was studied with varying the pressure in a fixed bed reactor (15 cm tall bed with 0.5 cm I.d.). Working temperature was 400℃ and feed gas concentration was 750 ppm (HCl vol%, N2 balance). The chloride sorption capacity of sorbent increases with increasing pressure (1, 5, 10, 15 and 20 bar). Also, after forming KCl crystal by reaction with K2CO3 and HCl, owing to the strong bonding energy, sorbent regeneration was practically impossible. Its optical, physical and chemical characterizations were evaluated by SEM, EDAX, BET, TGA and XRD. At 400 ℃ and 20 bar condition, working condition for the dehalogenation process after gasification, K-based dry sor- bent showed high HCl sorption capacity and HCl/N2 separation performances comparing with Ca-based and Mg-based dry sorbents.