Abstract: An electric pencil sharpener includes a housing, the bottom of the housing is provided with a driving device, the upper part of the housing is provided with a fixed sleeve which is provided therein with a hob seat, a cutter holder is provided in the hob seat, a hob cutter is provided in the cutter holder; at least two taper holes with different conical angles are provided around the hob cutter peripherally; the housing is provided thereon with a turn button, the turn button is connected with the cutter holder and is turned to drive the cutter holder to be turned so that any one of the taper holes is aligned with a sleeve-in hole; the driving device drives the hob cutter seat to be turned, the hob seat drives the cutter holder and the hob cutter to be turned, the hob cutter drives the fixed sleeve to be turned.