A display method when an application is exited, comprising: receiving, by a terminal, a keyword entered by a user into a search bar; displaying, by the terminal, a search result associated with the keyword; receiving, by the terminal, a first operation on an icon of a first application for opening the first application from the search result; opening, by the terminal, the first application in response to the first operation; receiving, by the terminal, a second operation of the user for exiting the first application; and exiting, by the terminal, the first application in response to the second operation, and displaying a display screen on which an icon of the first application is located, wherein a size of the icon of the first application on the display screen is a first size; characterised in that the exiting, by the terminal, the first application in response to the second operation, and displaying the display screen on which an icon of the first application is located comprises: scaling down, by the terminal, an application screen of the first application in response to the second operation, increasing the transparency of the application screen of the first application, and displaying the display screen on which the icon of the first application is located; wherein after the scaling down, by the terminal, an application screen of the first application, and before the displaying the display screen on which the icon of the first application is located, the method further comprises: changing, by the terminal, the scaled-down application screen to an icon of the first application with a second size, wherein the second size is not less than the first size. receiving, by a terminal, a keyword entered by a user into a search bar; displaying, by the terminal, a search result associated with the keyword; receiving, by the terminal, a first operation on an icon of a first application for opening the first application from the search result; opening, by the terminal, the first application in response to the first operation; receiving, by the terminal, a second operation of the user for exiting the first application; and exiting, by the terminal, the first application in response to the second operation, and displaying a display screen on which an icon of the first application is located, wherein a size of the icon of the first application on the display screen is a first size; characterised in that the exiting, by the terminal, the first application in response to the second operation, and displaying the display screen on which an icon of the first application is located comprises: scaling down, by the terminal, an application screen of the first application in response to the second operation, increasing the transparency of the application screen of the first application, and displaying the display screen on which the icon of the first application is located; wherein after the scaling down, by the terminal, an application screen of the first application, and before the displaying the display screen on which the icon of the first application is located, the method further comprises: scaling down, by the terminal, an application screen of the first application in response to the second operation, increasing the transparency of the application screen of the first application, and displaying the display screen on which the icon of the first application is located; wherein after the scaling down, by the terminal, an application screen of the first application, and before the displaying the display screen on which the icon of the first application is located, the method further comprises: changing, by the terminal, the scaled-down application screen to an icon of the first application with a second size, wherein the second size is not less than the first size.