To screen the optimum method for deproteination of Dioscorea nipponica polysaccharides. The ratio of protein removing and polysaccharides remaining were used as indicator,four deproteination methods were evaluated. PapainSevage method was the best one, in which the deproteination rate was 91. 24%,and 80. 12% of polysaccharide was remained. The optimum conditions for deproteinization were as follows, hydrolysing the substrates with 2. 0% papain( p H 7. 0) at 55 ℃ for 122 min, and one times with Sevage method. The papain-Sevage is the best deproteination method for purifying Dioscorea nipponica polysaccharides.