An electronic device comprising: a housing including a front plate facing a first direction and a rear plate facing a direction opposite the first direction; a touch screen display exposed through a part of the front plate; a fingerprint sensor interposed between the display and the rear plate and disposed to overlap a fingerprint sensing region of the display when viewed from above the front plate; a processor operatively connected to the display and the fingerprint sensor; and a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, control the electronic device to: display a notification window including a first object at a first location of the display, wherein the wherein the notification window is displayed on the lock screen of the electronic device, and the first object includes a notification associated with an event, the notification being generated and/or received by the electronic device; obtain a gesture input to drag the first object from the first location to the fingerprint sensing region; identify a distance between a finger and the fingerprint sensing region based on the gesture input; display a second object for inducing fingerprint authentication for the first object in the fingerprint sensing region based on the identified distance being within a specified distance; perform fingerprint authentication based on a finger being positioned in the fingerprint sensing region, display a third object indicating that the fingerprint authentication is in progress, wherein the third object is displayed in an area wider than the second object; and display preview content of the first object on the lock screen when authentication performed on the fingerprint sensing region is successful. a housing including a front plate facing a first direction and a rear plate facing a direction opposite the first direction; a touch screen display exposed through a part of the front plate; a fingerprint sensor interposed between the display and the rear plate and disposed to overlap a fingerprint sensing region of the display when viewed from above the front plate; a processor operatively connected to the display and the fingerprint sensor; and a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, control the electronic device to: display a notification window including a first object at a first location of the display, wherein the wherein the notification window is displayed on the lock screen of the electronic device, and the first object includes a notification associated with an event, the notification being generated and/or received by the electronic device; obtain a gesture input to drag the first object from the first location to the fingerprint sensing region; identify a distance between a finger and the fingerprint sensing region based on the gesture input; display a second object for inducing fingerprint authentication for the first object in the fingerprint sensing region based on the identified distance being within a specified distance; perform fingerprint authentication based on a finger being positioned in the fingerprint sensing region, display a third object indicating that the fingerprint authentication is in progress, wherein the third object is displayed in an area wider than the second object; and display preview content of the first object on the lock screen when authentication performed on the fingerprint sensing region is successful. display a notification window including a first object at a first location of the display, wherein the wherein the notification window is displayed on the lock screen of the electronic device, and the first object includes a notification associated with an event, the notification being generated and/or received by the electronic device; obtain a gesture input to drag the first object from the first location to the fingerprint sensing region; identify a distance between a finger and the fingerprint sensing region based on the gesture input; display a second object for inducing fingerprint authentication for the first object in the fingerprint sensing region based on the identified distance being within a specified distance; perform fingerprint authentication based on a finger being positioned in the fingerprint sensing region, display a third object indicating that the fingerprint authentication is in progress, wherein the third object is displayed in an area wider than the second object; and display preview content of the first object on the lock screen when authentication performed on the fingerprint sensing region is successful.