A mobile terminal, comprising: a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication; a display unit including a touch sensor and a fingerprint recognition sensor overlapped with the touch sensor; and a controller configured to: deactivate the fingerprint recognition sensor, receive a finger touch input on the display unit, the finger touch input applied at least twice within a reference time, the finger touch input including a first touch input and a second touch input different from the first touch input, and the first touch input and the second touch input are applied to one region of the display unit, activate the fingerprint recognition sensor in response to the first touch input, wherein the controller is further configured to: extract, from the touch sensor, touch information of the first touch input, wherein the touch information is related to the touch region where the first touch input has been applied on the display unit, sense fingerprint information of a finger which has applied the second touch input using the fingerprint recognition sensor, and perform fingerprint authentication with respect to the sensed fingerprint information of the finger which has applied the second touch input using the touch information related to the touch region of the first touch input extracted from the touch sensor. a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication; a display unit including a touch sensor and a fingerprint recognition sensor overlapped with the touch sensor; and a controller configured to: deactivate the fingerprint recognition sensor, receive a finger touch input on the display unit, the finger touch input applied at least twice within a reference time, the finger touch input including a first touch input and a second touch input different from the first touch input, and the first touch input and the second touch input are applied to one region of the display unit, activate the fingerprint recognition sensor in response to the first touch input, wherein the controller is further configured to: extract, from the touch sensor, touch information of the first touch input, wherein the touch information is related to the touch region where the first touch input has been applied on the display unit, sense fingerprint information of a finger which has applied the second touch input using the fingerprint recognition sensor, and perform fingerprint authentication with respect to the sensed fingerprint information of the finger which has applied the second touch input using the touch information related to the touch region of the first touch input extracted from the touch sensor. deactivate the fingerprint recognition sensor, receive a finger touch input on the display unit, the finger touch input applied at least twice within a reference time, the finger touch input including a first touch input and a second touch input different from the first touch input, and the first touch input and the second touch input are applied to one region of the display unit, activate the fingerprint recognition sensor in response to the first touch input, wherein the controller is further configured to: extract, from the touch sensor, touch information of the first touch input, wherein the touch information is related to the touch region where the first touch input has been applied on the display unit, sense fingerprint information of a finger which has applied the second touch input using the fingerprint recognition sensor, and perform fingerprint authentication with respect to the sensed fingerprint information of the finger which has applied the second touch input using the touch information related to the touch region of the first touch input extracted from the touch sensor. extract, from the touch sensor, touch information of the first touch input, wherein the touch information is related to the touch region where the first touch input has been applied on the display unit, sense fingerprint information of a finger which has applied the second touch input using the fingerprint recognition sensor, and perform fingerprint authentication with respect to the sensed fingerprint information of the finger which has applied the second touch input using the touch information related to the touch region of the first touch input extracted from the touch sensor.