Application program control method and mobile terminal

The invention relates to the technical field of communication and discloses an application program control method and a mobile terminal. The method comprises the steps that when a screen of the mobile terminal is locked, a fingerprint recognition module of the mobile terminal collects user fingerprints; at least one application program icon matched with the user fingerprints is acquired from the mobile terminal; the application program icons are output; operation of a target application program icon in the application program icons is detected; the operation is responded to, and the application program which the target application program icon belongs to is started. According to the application program control method and the mobile terminal, the application program can be quickly started when the screen of the mobile terminal is locked.