A method for managing a terminal application, comprising: displaying at least one application icon of a first folder of a current desktop; displaying (S101, S201) at least one target folder in a visible area of a current desktop, when monitoring that there is a between-folder moving trigger event of an application icon, the target folder being different from the first folder where the application icon is located; determining (S102, S202, S303) a selected target folder from the at least one target folder, when monitoring that there is a between-folder moving end event of the application icon, deleting the application icon from the first folder and adding the application icon into the selected target folder, and the first folder unfolded is maintained as a current active interface; the method being characterized in that, displaying at least one target folder in a visible area of a current desktop, comprises: displaying folders other than the first folder of the current desktop in the visible area of the current desktop; or displaying folders other than the first folder of all desktops in the visible area of the current desktop; wherein displaying at least one target folder in a visible area of a current desktop comprises: displaying the target folders in pages displayed in a target folder displaying area in the visible area of the current desktop, if a number of the target folders is larger than a number of folders placeable in the target folder displaying area within the visible area of the current desktop; the method further comprises: sliding the target folder displaying area to display target folders in other pages. displaying at least one application icon of a first folder of a current desktop; displaying (S101, S201) at least one target folder in a visible area of a current desktop, when monitoring that there is a between-folder moving trigger event of an application icon, the target folder being different from the first folder where the application icon is located; determining (S102, S202, S303) a selected target folder from the at least one target folder, when monitoring that there is a between-folder moving end event of the application icon, deleting the application icon from the first folder and adding the application icon into the selected target folder, and the first folder unfolded is maintained as a current active interface; the method being characterized in that, displaying at least one target folder in a visible area of a current desktop, comprises: displaying folders other than the first folder of the current desktop in the visible area of the current desktop; or displaying folders other than the first folder of all desktops in the visible area of the current desktop; wherein displaying at least one target folder in a visible area of a current desktop comprises: displaying the target folders in pages displayed in a target folder displaying area in the visible area of the current desktop, if a number of the target folders is larger than a number of folders placeable in the target folder displaying area within the visible area of the current desktop; the method further comprises: sliding the target folder displaying area to display target folders in other pages. displaying folders other than the first folder of the current desktop in the visible area of the current desktop; or displaying folders other than the first folder of all desktops in the visible area of the current desktop; wherein displaying at least one target folder in a visible area of a current desktop comprises: displaying the target folders in pages displayed in a target folder displaying area in the visible area of the current desktop, if a number of the target folders is larger than a number of folders placeable in the target folder displaying area within the visible area of the current desktop; the method further comprises: sliding the target folder displaying area to display target folders in other pages. displaying the target folders in pages displayed in a target folder displaying area in the visible area of the current desktop, if a number of the target folders is larger than a number of folders placeable in the target folder displaying area within the visible area of the current desktop; the method further comprises: sliding the target folder displaying area to display target folders in other pages.