Method and apparatus for running application program

The present invention relates to the technical field of computers. Disclosed are a method and apparatus for running an application program. The method comprises: in a standby state, receiving application entry information input by a user; acquiring, according to the application entry information, an identifier of an application program that needs to be run; waking up an operating system, and keeping a sleeping application program, among application programs except the application program that needs to be run, to be still in a sleeping state; and running, by means of the operating system, the application program that needs to be run according to the identifier of the application program that needs to be run. The apparatus comprises a receiving module, an acquiring module, a wake-up module, and a running module. In the present invention, only an application program that needs to be run is run, and a sleeping application program, among application programs except the application program that needs to be run, is still kept in a sleeping state, thereby saving system resources and reducing the power consumption of a system.