A method for opening an application, applied in an electronic apparatus 2. (100, 500) the electronic apparatus comprising: a display screen having a preset region; and a fingerprint identification area provided opposite to the preset region, the method comprising following operations: adjusting the brightness of the preset region in accordance with a preset strategy when it is detected that an intial touch operation on the display screen satisfies a preset condition; querying a preset mapping relationship according to the initial touch operation, and acquiring a preset application set corresponding to the initial touch operation, the mapping relationship comprising a correspondence relationship between touch operations and application sets; displaying, in the preset region, at least one application in the preset application set corresponding to the initial touch operation in accordance with a preset display strategy; acquiring fingerprint information when a further touch operation for a target application of the at least one application in the preset application set is detected; launching the target application when it is detected that the fingerprint information matches preset fingerprint information. a display screen having a preset region; and a fingerprint identification area provided opposite to the preset region, the method comprising following operations: adjusting the brightness of the preset region in accordance with a preset strategy when it is detected that an intial touch operation on the display screen satisfies a preset condition; querying a preset mapping relationship according to the initial touch operation, and acquiring a preset application set corresponding to the initial touch operation, the mapping relationship comprising a correspondence relationship between touch operations and application sets; displaying, in the preset region, at least one application in the preset application set corresponding to the initial touch operation in accordance with a preset display strategy; acquiring fingerprint information when a further touch operation for a target application of the at least one application in the preset application set is detected; launching the target application when it is detected that the fingerprint information matches preset fingerprint information. adjusting the brightness of the preset region in accordance with a preset strategy when it is detected that an intial touch operation on the display screen satisfies a preset condition; querying a preset mapping relationship according to the initial touch operation, and acquiring a preset application set corresponding to the initial touch operation, the mapping relationship comprising a correspondence relationship between touch operations and application sets; displaying, in the preset region, at least one application in the preset application set corresponding to the initial touch operation in accordance with a preset display strategy; acquiring fingerprint information when a further touch operation for a target application of the at least one application in the preset application set is detected; launching the target application when it is detected that the fingerprint information matches preset fingerprint information. displaying, in the preset region, at least one application in the preset application set corresponding to the initial touch operation in accordance with a preset display strategy; acquiring fingerprint information when a further touch operation for a target application of the at least one application in the preset application set is detected; launching the target application when it is detected that the fingerprint information matches preset fingerprint information.