This study presents the deinking potential of crude cellulase and xylanase of newly isolated fungal strain Trichoderma harzianum PPDDN10 NFCCI 2925 to recycle photocopier waste papers. The deinking performance of crude enzyme was compared with the performance of conventional chemicals and commercial cellulase enzyme. The crude enzyme showed 23.6% higher deinking efficiency and 3.2% higher brightness of deinked pulp with respect to chemically deinked pulp. The pulp freeness was also increased by 21.6%. Also, better tensile index (+ 6.7%), burst index (+ 13.4%) and folding endurance (+ 10.3%) of handsheets were observed. However, tear index was decreased by 10.5%. In comparison to commercial cellulase enzyme, slightly lower deinking efficiency, burst index, opacity with significant improvement in brightness, tensile index, tear index, and folding endurance were achieved using crude enzyme of T. harzianum. BOD/COD ratio of effluent from crude enzyme deinking (0.59) was observed to be higher than that observed with chemical (0.45) and commercial cellulase (0.57) deinking. These findings suggest the possibility of deinking the photocopier waste papers using crude enzyme of T. harzianum PPDDN10 NFCCI 2925 without deteriorating the handsheet strength properties.