In optical atomic magnetometers (AMs), the light-shift caused by the circularly polarized pumping beam have a significant impact on the response and is also one of the non-negligible sources of the noise. In this paper, we develop a novel method whereby utilizing the symmetry of the frequency response in an AM to measure and cancel the light-shift. Furthermore, we theoretically analyze and experimentally verify a rapid method of magnetic field compensation and the approach is convenient to measure and cancel of the light-shift. Moreover, the influence of intensity and frequency of the pumping beam is also investigated. The proposed method of in - situ measurement and cancellation of light-shift will be particularly profitable to other optical systems based on AMs.