A mobile terminal comprising: a touch screen configured to display a display area; and a controller configured to control the touch screen, wherein the controller is further configured to: display a first background screen comprising one or more items on the display area; set a buffer area adjacent to the display area when an editing mode is initiated in response to a first touch input, wherein the buffer area is displayed at an upper portion of the display area comprising the first background screen in the editing mode; select an item from the one or more displayed items comprised in the first background screen according to a second touch input; control the touch screen to relocate the selected item to the buffer area if the buffer area corresponds to a direction of a drag of the second touch input, wherein the selected item is not displayed on the display area based on the second touch input, receive, via the touch screen, a third touch input dragging the display area to shift the first background screen to a second background screen, wherein displaying of the buffer area is maintained while the first background screen is shifted to the second background screen; display the second background screen on the display area of the touch screen, wherein the buffer area comprising the selected item is displayed at the upper portion of the display area comprising the second background screen, wherein the second background screen comprises a page indicator indicating where the second background screen being currently displayed is located among a plurality of background screens, receive, via the touch screen, a fourth touch input dragging the selected item from the buffer area to the second background screen, and relocate the selected item to the second background screen in response to the fourth touch input, wherein the selected item is not displayed on the buffer area based on the fourth touch input. a touch screen configured to display a display area; and a controller configured to control the touch screen, wherein the controller is further configured to: display a first background screen comprising one or more items on the display area; set a buffer area adjacent to the display area when an editing mode is initiated in response to a first touch input, wherein the buffer area is displayed at an upper portion of the display area comprising the first background screen in the editing mode; select an item from the one or more displayed items comprised in the first background screen according to a second touch input; control the touch screen to relocate the selected item to the buffer area if the buffer area corresponds to a direction of a drag of the second touch input, wherein the selected item is not displayed on the display area based on the second touch input, receive, via the touch screen, a third touch input dragging the display area to shift the first background screen to a second background screen, wherein displaying of the buffer area is maintained while the first background screen is shifted to the second background screen; display the second background screen on the display area of the touch screen, wherein the buffer area comprising the selected item is displayed at the upper portion of the display area comprising the second background screen, wherein the second background screen comprises a page indicator indicating where the second background screen being currently displayed is located among a plurality of background screens, receive, via the touch screen, a fourth touch input dragging the selected item from the buffer area to the second background screen, and relocate the selected item to the second background screen in response to the fourth touch input, wherein the selected item is not displayed on the buffer area based on the fourth touch input. display a first background screen comprising one or more items on the display area; set a buffer area adjacent to the display area when an editing mode is initiated in response to a first touch input, wherein the buffer area is displayed at an upper portion of the display area comprising the first background screen in the editing mode; select an item from the one or more displayed items comprised in the first background screen according to a second touch input; control the touch screen to relocate the selected item to the buffer area if the buffer area corresponds to a direction of a drag of the second touch input, wherein the selected item is not displayed on the display area based on the second touch input, receive, via the touch screen, a third touch input dragging the display area to shift the first background screen to a second background screen, wherein displaying of the buffer area is maintained while the first background screen is shifted to the second background screen; display the second background screen on the display area of the touch screen, wherein the buffer area comprising the selected item is displayed at the upper portion of the display area comprising the second background screen, wherein the second background screen comprises a page indicator indicating where the second background screen being currently displayed is located among a plurality of background screens, receive, via the touch screen, a fourth touch input dragging the selected item from the buffer area to the second background screen, and relocate the selected item to the second background screen in response to the fourth touch input, wherein the selected item is not displayed on the buffer area based on the fourth touch input.