A portable device, comprising: a touchscreen display, and at least one processor configured to: control the touchscreen display to display a home screen including a plurality of icons respectively corresponding to a plurality of applications, receive a first user input for applying a restriction to an application corresponding to an icon of the plurality of icons from among the plurality of applications, in response to the restriction being applied to the application, control the touchscreen display to display the home screen by removing display of the icon corresponding to the application from the home screen, presenting the other icons of the plurality of icons on the home screen, and not showing a blank at a location of the removed icon, while the restriction is applied to the application, obtain information relating to an event occurring corresponding to the application, and if the restriction applied to the application is released, control the touchscreen display to display the home screen by redisplaying the icon corresponding to the application together with other icons of the plurality of icons and by displaying a notification indicating the occurrence of the event, wherein the icon is redisplayed at same location on the home screen prior to the restriction being applied to the application and the other icons are displayed at same locations on the home screen prior to the restriction being applied, and wherein the restriction is applied to the application for a restriction time. a touchscreen display, and at least one processor configured to: control the touchscreen display to display a home screen including a plurality of icons respectively corresponding to a plurality of applications, receive a first user input for applying a restriction to an application corresponding to an icon of the plurality of icons from among the plurality of applications, in response to the restriction being applied to the application, control the touchscreen display to display the home screen by removing display of the icon corresponding to the application from the home screen, presenting the other icons of the plurality of icons on the home screen, and not showing a blank at a location of the removed icon, while the restriction is applied to the application, obtain information relating to an event occurring corresponding to the application, and if the restriction applied to the application is released, control the touchscreen display to display the home screen by redisplaying the icon corresponding to the application together with other icons of the plurality of icons and by displaying a notification indicating the occurrence of the event, wherein the icon is redisplayed at same location on the home screen prior to the restriction being applied to the application and the other icons are displayed at same locations on the home screen prior to the restriction being applied, and wherein the restriction is applied to the application for a restriction time. control the touchscreen display to display a home screen including a plurality of icons respectively corresponding to a plurality of applications, receive a first user input for applying a restriction to an application corresponding to an icon of the plurality of icons from among the plurality of applications, in response to the restriction being applied to the application, control the touchscreen display to display the home screen by removing display of the icon corresponding to the application from the home screen, presenting the other icons of the plurality of icons on the home screen, and not showing a blank at a location of the removed icon, while the restriction is applied to the application, obtain information relating to an event occurring corresponding to the application, and if the restriction applied to the application is released, control the touchscreen display to display the home screen by redisplaying the icon corresponding to the application together with other icons of the plurality of icons and by displaying a notification indicating the occurrence of the event, wherein the icon is redisplayed at same location on the home screen prior to the restriction being applied to the application and the other icons are displayed at same locations on the home screen prior to the restriction being applied, and wherein the restriction is applied to the application for a restriction time.