A method for fingerprint identification, wherein the method is applied to an electronic device comprising M fingerprint sensors adjacent to each other and a touch screen, wherein each fingerprint sensor corresponds to one sensing region, sensing regions of the M fingerprint sensors constitute a fingerprint detecting region of the electronic device, wherein the method is executed by a processor and the method comprises: acquiring pressing information of a finger in the fingerprint detecting region, wherein the pressing information is determined by the touch screen; determining a target sub-region among N sub-regions (621-627, 721-729) according to the pressing information, wherein the N sub-regions (621-627, 721-729) cover the fingerprint detecting region, M and N are positive integers greater than 1, and N > M, wherein the N sub-regions comprise a sub-region that at least partially overlaps with a sensing region of only one fingerprint sensor, and a sub-region that at least partially overlaps with sensing regions of a plurality of fingerprint sensors; and determining a data acquiring region according to the target sub-region, where fingerprint data in the data acquiring region is acquired for fingerprint identification; and a total area of the N sub-regions (621-627, 721-729) is equal to an area of the fingerprint detecting region constituted by the sensing regions of the M fingerprint sensors; wherein the pressing information comprises a center of gravity of pressing of the finger, and the step of determining the target sub-region among the N sub-regions (621-627, 721-729) according to the pressing information comprises: determining a sub-region where the center of gravity of pressing is located as the target sub-region; wherein when the target sub-region at least partially overlaps with a sensing region of only one fingerprint sensor, the data acquiring region is the sensing region of the fingerprint sensor, or when the target sub-region at least partially overlaps with sensing regions of a plurality of fingerprint sensors, the data acquiring region is constituted by parts of the respective sensing regions of the plurality of fingerprint sensors; wherein when the target sub-region at least partially overlaps with sensing regions of K adjacent fingerprint sensors, the data acquiring region comprises 1/K of each of the sensing regions of the K fingerprint sensors, K ≤ M; and an area of the data acquiring region is equal to an area of a sensing region of one fingerprint sensor. acquiring pressing information of a finger in the fingerprint detecting region, wherein the pressing information is determined by the touch screen; determining a target sub-region among N sub-regions (621-627, 721-729) according to the pressing information, wherein the N sub-regions (621-627, 721-729) cover the fingerprint detecting region, M and N are positive integers greater than 1, and N > M, wherein the N sub-regions comprise a sub-region that at least partially overlaps with a sensing region of only one fingerprint sensor, and a sub-region that at least partially overlaps with sensing regions of a plurality of fingerprint sensors; and determining a data acquiring region according to the target sub-region, where fingerprint data in the data acquiring region is acquired for fingerprint identification; and a total area of the N sub-regions (621-627, 721-729) is equal to an area of the fingerprint detecting region constituted by the sensing regions of the M fingerprint sensors; wherein the pressing information comprises a center of gravity of pressing of the finger, and the step of determining the target sub-region among the N sub-regions (621-627, 721-729) according to the pressing information comprises: determining a sub-region where the center of gravity of pressing is located as the target sub-region; wherein when the target sub-region at least partially overlaps with a sensing region of only one fingerprint sensor, the data acquiring region is the sensing region of the fingerprint sensor, or when the target sub-region at least partially overlaps with sensing regions of a plurality of fingerprint sensors, the data acquiring region is constituted by parts of the respective sensing regions of the plurality of fingerprint sensors; wherein when the target sub-region at least partially overlaps with sensing regions of K adjacent fingerprint sensors, the data acquiring region comprises 1/K of each of the sensing regions of the K fingerprint sensors, K ≤ M; and an area of the data acquiring region is equal to an area of a sensing region of one fingerprint sensor. determining a sub-region where the center of gravity of pressing is located as the target sub-region; wherein when the target sub-region at least partially overlaps with a sensing region of only one fingerprint sensor, the data acquiring region is the sensing region of the fingerprint sensor, or when the target sub-region at least partially overlaps with sensing regions of a plurality of fingerprint sensors, the data acquiring region is constituted by parts of the respective sensing regions of the plurality of fingerprint sensors; wherein when the target sub-region at least partially overlaps with sensing regions of K adjacent fingerprint sensors, the data acquiring region comprises 1/K of each of the sensing regions of the K fingerprint sensors, K ≤ M; and an area of the data acquiring region is equal to an area of a sensing region of one fingerprint sensor.