The debranching enzyme pullulanase (PUL) is used in order to conduct a partial conversion of a regular granular potato starch (PS) improving the techno‐functional properties when used as a gelling agent. The starch is hydrolyzed systematically by grading the amount of a technical enzyme solution added (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 20, and 40 mL PUL solution) resulting 400 g of a 20% (w/w) suspension. Morphological characteristics of the granules (scanning electron microscopy, SEM), swelling behavior (differential scanning calorimetry, DSC), polymer solubility, hot paste viscosity, gel strength, and molecular properties of the starch samples (size exclusion chromatography‐multi angle laser light scattering‐differential refractive index detection, SEC‐MALS‐DRI) as well as the respective separated amylose (AM) and amylopectin (AP; size exclusion chromatography‐conventional standard calibration‐differential refractive index detection, SEC‐cal‐DRI) branch chains fractions are comprehensively analyzed. The granule surface is visibly affected, but the granular structure is largely intact. The DSC gelatinization characteristics are impacted manifold, and the solubility, in particular when disintegrated using pressure cooking, increases. The hot paste viscosity decreases, while the ability to form mechanically stable gel structures increases due to modification. The weight‐average molar mass (Mw) decreases from 38.2 × 106 (native) to 2.3 × 106 g mol−1 (40 mL PUL solution), in particular due to cleavage of α‐1,6‐linkages within the AP. Surprisingly, the detailed analysis reveals a concomitant and remarkable degradation of the AM‐fraction. The partial hydrolysis of granular starch by means of a debranching enzyme is shown to be basically a very specific, fast, and serious alternative to e.g., the acid‐tinning process.