A mobile terminal comprising: a body (101, 102, 103); a display coupled to the body such that a display region visible on a front surface of the body is changeable as a display mode is switched between the extended display mode and the contracted display mode; and a controller configured to, in response to switching from the extended display mode to the contracted display mode, control a layout for two or more application execution screens simultaneously displayed on the display to be changed such that at least one of the two or more application execution screens is not displayed on the display region in the contracted display mode, characterized in that the controller is further configured to: in response to switching from the extended display mode to the contracted display mode, control a first icon and a second icon for re-displaying at least one from among the at least one application execution screen to be displayed on the display region in the contracted display mode, in response to selection of the first icon, re-display an application execution screen corresponding to the first icon from among the at least one application execution screen, while maintaining the contracted display mode, and in response to selection of the second icon, switch from the contracted display mode to the extended display mode, control the first icon and the second icon to disappear from the display region in the extended display mode, and at the same time re-display the two or more application execution screens according to the layout formed before execution of mode switching. a body (101, 102, 103); a display coupled to the body such that a display region visible on a front surface of the body is changeable as a display mode is switched between the extended display mode and the contracted display mode; and a controller configured to, in response to switching from the extended display mode to the contracted display mode, control a layout for two or more application execution screens simultaneously displayed on the display to be changed such that at least one of the two or more application execution screens is not displayed on the display region in the contracted display mode, characterized in that the controller is further configured to: in response to switching from the extended display mode to the contracted display mode, control a first icon and a second icon for re-displaying at least one from among the at least one application execution screen to be displayed on the display region in the contracted display mode, in response to selection of the first icon, re-display an application execution screen corresponding to the first icon from among the at least one application execution screen, while maintaining the contracted display mode, and in response to selection of the second icon, switch from the contracted display mode to the extended display mode, control the first icon and the second icon to disappear from the display region in the extended display mode, and at the same time re-display the two or more application execution screens according to the layout formed before execution of mode switching. in response to switching from the extended display mode to the contracted display mode, control a first icon and a second icon for re-displaying at least one from among the at least one application execution screen to be displayed on the display region in the contracted display mode, in response to selection of the first icon, re-display an application execution screen corresponding to the first icon from among the at least one application execution screen, while maintaining the contracted display mode, and in response to selection of the second icon, switch from the contracted display mode to the extended display mode, control the first icon and the second icon to disappear from the display region in the extended display mode, and at the same time re-display the two or more application execution screens according to the layout formed before execution of mode switching.