A card display method, comprising: receiving a first operation performed by a user on an electronic device; displaying a first card on the desktop of the electronic device in response to the first operation, wherein the first card comprises M folder icons, each of the M folder icons corresponds to a folder of the electronic device, and M is a positive integer; receiving a second operation performed by the user on a first folder icon in the first card, wherein the first folder icon corresponds to a first folder in the electronic device; and switching from displaying the desktop to: displaying an interface of the first folder in response to the second operation, wherein after the displaying a first card on the desktop of the electronic device, the method further comprises: receiving a third operation performed by the user on the first card, wherein the third operation is an operation in which the user slides on the first card, or the third operation is a long press operation in which the user touches the first card; and displaying a card menu bar in response to the third operation, wherein the card menu bar comprises at least one of the following: an editing option, a more card option, and a removing option; wherein, when the card menu bar comprises the editing option, and after the displaying a card menu bar, the method further comprises: receiving a fourth operation performed by the user on the editing option; displaying a first folder path option and a second folder path option in response to the fourth operation; and when receiving an operation performed by the user on the first folder path option, setting (S509A), as M folders in the first card, M folders recommended by the system; or when receiving an operation performed by the user on the second folder path option, set (S509B) N folders in the first card according to a folder selected by the user, wherein N is a positive integer less than or equal to M. receiving a first operation performed by a user on an electronic device; displaying a first card on the desktop of the electronic device in response to the first operation, wherein the first card comprises M folder icons, each of the M folder icons corresponds to a folder of the electronic device, and M is a positive integer; receiving a second operation performed by the user on a first folder icon in the first card, wherein the first folder icon corresponds to a first folder in the electronic device; and switching from displaying the desktop to: displaying an interface of the first folder in response to the second operation, wherein after the displaying a first card on the desktop of the electronic device, the method further comprises: receiving a third operation performed by the user on the first card, wherein the third operation is an operation in which the user slides on the first card, or the third operation is a long press operation in which the user touches the first card; and displaying a card menu bar in response to the third operation, wherein the card menu bar comprises at least one of the following: an editing option, a more card option, and a removing option; wherein, when the card menu bar comprises the editing option, and after the displaying a card menu bar, the method further comprises: receiving a fourth operation performed by the user on the editing option; displaying a first folder path option and a second folder path option in response to the fourth operation; and when receiving an operation performed by the user on the first folder path option, setting (S509A), as M folders in the first card, M folders recommended by the system; or when receiving an operation performed by the user on the second folder path option, set (S509B) N folders in the first card according to a folder selected by the user, wherein N is a positive integer less than or equal to M. receiving a third operation performed by the user on the first card, wherein the third operation is an operation in which the user slides on the first card, or the third operation is a long press operation in which the user touches the first card; and displaying a card menu bar in response to the third operation, wherein the card menu bar comprises at least one of the following: an editing option, a more card option, and a removing option; wherein, when the card menu bar comprises the editing option, and after the displaying a card menu bar, the method further comprises: receiving a fourth operation performed by the user on the editing option; displaying a first folder path option and a second folder path option in response to the fourth operation; and when receiving an operation performed by the user on the first folder path option, setting (S509A), as M folders in the first card, M folders recommended by the system; or when receiving an operation performed by the user on the second folder path option, set (S509B) N folders in the first card according to a folder selected by the user, wherein N is a positive integer less than or equal to M. receiving a fourth operation performed by the user on the editing option; displaying a first folder path option and a second folder path option in response to the fourth operation; and when receiving an operation performed by the user on the first folder path option, setting (S509A), as M folders in the first card, M folders recommended by the system; or when receiving an operation performed by the user on the second folder path option, set (S509B) N folders in the first card according to a folder selected by the user, wherein N is a positive integer less than or equal to M.