How to reduce the bubble coverage of the electrode is one of the key issues in water electrolysis which is related to the reduction of energy consumption. In this work, the magnetized nickel electrode with 100 mu m diameter is used as working electrode in hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) during alkaline water electrolysis (1 mol/L, KOH). According to the experimental observation, both of the bubbles diameter and number have decreased at the magnetized surface compared with the unmagnetized one. The B-H loop measurement shows that the residual magnetic field intensity (Br) of the magnetized nickel electrode is up to 0.03 T. It can be found from the numerical simulation result that the residual magnetic field exactly right brings the Lorentz force and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) convection near the electrode surface, which play the role of helping hydrogen bubble release from the electrode, even if the external magnetic field is absent in experiment. The new finding may develop a new way of utilizing magnetic field in water electrolysis for gas product elimination and energy conservation. (C) 2019 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.