Abstract: The excavator bucket with retractable teeth is a mechanical structure. The excavator bucket with retractable teeth forms the working element of an excavator. The excavator bucket with retractable teeth comprises an excavator bucket and a hydraulic structure. The hydraulic structure installs in the excavator bucket. The excavator bucket is a pan used to receive and transport soil removed from the ground. The hydraulic structure is a toothed structure used to break up the ground before excavating the soil into the excavator bucket. The hydraulic structure moves between a deployed position and a retracted position. In the deployed position, the hydraulic structure presents a plurality of individual tooth structures used to break up the ground. In the retracted position, the plurality of individual tooth structures are fully enclosed in the excavator bucket such that the excavation process proceeds without the benefit of the plurality of individual tooth structures.