Collapse is considered one of the severest defects of eucalyptus wood resulting in degradation during drying. Liquid tension is one cause of the formation of collapse. Some transient-collapse cells can be recovered with the reduction of liquid tension when moisture content is reduced during the drying process. How to control the occurrence of collapse and help its recovery are key factors of drying technology. Based on this, a sequential drying technology should be considered in the drying process; therefore, intermittent drying procedures were used in this study. Shrinkage and collapse were measured in Eucalyptus urophylla under continuous drying and intermittent drying processes. The key factors of the intermittent drying schedule which affected collapse recovery were length of the drying period and the temperature in the intermittent period.