A mobile terminal, comprising: a touchscreen configured to display a Bluetooth setting menu for establishing a Bluetooth connection to a specific external device; a short range communication module configured to attempt to establish the Bluetooth connection to the specific external device; and a controller configured to: receive an input request for attempting to establish the Bluetooth connection to the specific external device via the Bluetooth setting menu, control the short range communication module to search for the specific external device to attempt to establish the Bluetooth connection with the specific external device, and control the touchscreen to display indication information indicating a failure of the search for the specific external device when the search for the specific external device fails, characterized in that the controller is further configured to: control the touchscreen to display, within the Bluetooth setting menu, a list updated with other external devices successfully found by a previous search; when a specific point of the displayed list is touched, control the touchscreen to display, at the specific point, a scroll bar for scrolling the list; when the scroll bar is shifted to a bottom end line within the list by a user's touch action, control the touchscreen to display the indication information on the bottom end line; and when the indication information is selected, control the touchscreen to display information indicating that the search for the specific external device fails because an allow device search feature is not set up in the specific external device. a touchscreen configured to display a Bluetooth setting menu for establishing a Bluetooth connection to a specific external device; a short range communication module configured to attempt to establish the Bluetooth connection to the specific external device; and a controller configured to: receive an input request for attempting to establish the Bluetooth connection to the specific external device via the Bluetooth setting menu, control the short range communication module to search for the specific external device to attempt to establish the Bluetooth connection with the specific external device, and control the touchscreen to display indication information indicating a failure of the search for the specific external device when the search for the specific external device fails, receive an input request for attempting to establish the Bluetooth connection to the specific external device via the Bluetooth setting menu, control the short range communication module to search for the specific external device to attempt to establish the Bluetooth connection with the specific external device, and control the touchscreen to display indication information indicating a failure of the search for the specific external device when the search for the specific external device fails, characterized in that the controller is further configured to: control the touchscreen to display, within the Bluetooth setting menu, a list updated with other external devices successfully found by a previous search; when a specific point of the displayed list is touched, control the touchscreen to display, at the specific point, a scroll bar for scrolling the list; when the scroll bar is shifted to a bottom end line within the list by a user's touch action, control the touchscreen to display the indication information on the bottom end line; and when the indication information is selected, control the touchscreen to display information indicating that the search for the specific external device fails because an allow device search feature is not set up in the specific external device. control the touchscreen to display, within the Bluetooth setting menu, a list updated with other external devices successfully found by a previous search; when a specific point of the displayed list is touched, control the touchscreen to display, at the specific point, a scroll bar for scrolling the list; when the scroll bar is shifted to a bottom end line within the list by a user's touch action, control the touchscreen to display the indication information on the bottom end line; and when the indication information is selected, control the touchscreen to display information indicating that the search for the specific external device fails because an allow device search feature is not set up in the specific external device.