A method for switching application programs in a processor-controlled multimedia terminal device, which is connected via a data path to a processor-controlled vehicle infotainment system fixedly installed in a motor vehicle, wherein the vehicle infotainment system comprises a graphic user interface, wherein - a group comprising a plurality of application programs is stored on the multimedia terminal device and is provided for execution, - the application programs can run on the multimedia terminal device in the foreground or in the background, - an application program, when running in the foreground, can output data via a graphic user surface (2a, 12), - at any point in time only one application program from the group is executed in the foreground, - an application program cannot output any data via the graphic user surface when running in the background, - a storage region is provided in the multimedia terminal device, to which the application programs have read and write access during execution thereof, - an application-specific data set is stored in the storage region for each of the application programs and is also maintained in the storage region once the relevant application program has ended, - a first application program reads the application-specific data sets of the other application programs of the group and stores them in a list during execution of the first application program in the multimedia terminal device, - the list is transferred to the vehicle infotainment system via the data path, - data relating to the application programs contained in the list (7, 14) are displayed on the graphic user interface of the vehicle infotainment system, - an application program from the list (7, 14) is selected as second application program and - by means of the vehicle infotainment system a switch is made, in the multimedia terminal device, from the execution of the first application program to an execution of the second application program, wherein the execution of the first application program in the foreground on the multimedia terminal device is ended and the second application program is caused to run in the foreground on the multimedia terminal device. - a group comprising a plurality of application programs is stored on the multimedia terminal device and is provided for execution, - the application programs can run on the multimedia terminal device in the foreground or in the background, - an application program, when running in the foreground, can output data via a graphic user surface (2a, 12), - at any point in time only one application program from the group is executed in the foreground, - an application program cannot output any data via the graphic user surface when running in the background, - a storage region is provided in the multimedia terminal device, to which the application programs have read and write access during execution thereof, - an application-specific data set is stored in the storage region for each of the application programs and is also maintained in the storage region once the relevant application program has ended, - a first application program reads the application-specific data sets of the other application programs of the group and stores them in a list during execution of the first application program in the multimedia terminal device, - the list is transferred to the vehicle infotainment system via the data path, - data relating to the application programs contained in the list (7, 14) are displayed on the graphic user interface of the vehicle infotainment system, - an application program from the list (7, 14) is selected as second application program and - by means of the vehicle infotainment system a switch is made, in the multimedia terminal device, from the execution of the first application program to an execution of the second application program, wherein the execution of the first application program in the foreground on the multimedia terminal device is ended and the second application program is caused to run in the foreground on the multimedia terminal device.