A mobile terminal comprising: a terminal body; a memory storing at least one piece of card information; a display unit provided on one surface of the terminal body and displaying screen information including at least one content item corresponding to the at least one piece of card information; a card module provided to be withdrawable from the terminal body; and a controller configured for selecting at least one content item based on a touch applied to the screen information and applying at least one piece of card information corresponding to the selected content item to the card module, wherein when the screen information includes a plurality of content items corresponding to a plurality of pieces of card information and arranged in a first direction, the controller is further configured to: switch content items displayed on the display unit on the basis of a touch applied in the first direction, select a second content item as one of the plurality of content items on the basis of a touch applied in a second direction different from the first direction and corresponding to a direction toward an accommodation region of the card module on the display unit, and apply the selected content item to the card module, and control the card module to perform a card function using card information corresponding to the selected second content item, and wherein while the card module is performing the card function using the card information corresponding to the selected second content item, the display unit is configured to display an image in which the second content item is inserted into the card module. a terminal body; a memory storing at least one piece of card information; a display unit provided on one surface of the terminal body and displaying screen information including at least one content item corresponding to the at least one piece of card information; a card module provided to be withdrawable from the terminal body; and a controller configured for selecting at least one content item based on a touch applied to the screen information and applying at least one piece of card information corresponding to the selected content item to the card module, wherein when the screen information includes a plurality of content items corresponding to a plurality of pieces of card information and arranged in a first direction, the controller is further configured to: switch content items displayed on the display unit on the basis of a touch applied in the first direction, select a second content item as one of the plurality of content items on the basis of a touch applied in a second direction different from the first direction and corresponding to a direction toward an accommodation region of the card module on the display unit, and apply the selected content item to the card module, and control the card module to perform a card function using card information corresponding to the selected second content item, and wherein while the card module is performing the card function using the card information corresponding to the selected second content item, the display unit is configured to display an image in which the second content item is inserted into the card module. switch content items displayed on the display unit on the basis of a touch applied in the first direction, select a second content item as one of the plurality of content items on the basis of a touch applied in a second direction different from the first direction and corresponding to a direction toward an accommodation region of the card module on the display unit, and apply the selected content item to the card module, and control the card module to perform a card function using card information corresponding to the selected second content item, and wherein while the card module is performing the card function using the card information corresponding to the selected second content item, the display unit is configured to display an image in which the second content item is inserted into the card module.