The invention relates to the field of water purifying, in particular to a filter element used for filtering of a household water dispenser. The novel filter element of the water dispenser comprises afilter element body, a filter element tube and rubber rings. According to the novel filter element of the water dispenser disclosed by the invention, the filter element is preferably a compressed typeactive carbon filter element or a medical stone filter element, the filter element covers the filter element tube, a water inlet is distributed on a tube portion covered of the filter element tube, and the two rubber rings for sealing and fixing are arranged on the un-covered tube head of the filter element, so that in use, the tube head portion of the filter element is directly inserted into thewater inlet of the water storage tank of the water dispenser, and the filter element is fixed through the rubber rings of the tube head, and therefore, water of the water storage tank of the water dispenser is filtered and separately enters a hot water container and a cold water container of the water dispenser. The novel filter element is simple and reasonable in design structure, is convenientto mount, and is suitable for being popularized and applied.