Unlocking method and equipment

The invention provides an unlocking method. The unlocking method includes steps that a terminal is in a screen locked state, and an unlocking picture is displayed on a screen of the terminal when a user starts the terminal; the user clicks an optional point on the unlocking picture, and the screen of the terminal is unlocked when the optional point contains unlocking information. An embodiment of the invention further provides terminal equipment. According to the technical scheme, the unlocking method and the terminal equipment have the advantages that high-safety and high-interestingness effects can be realized when the user unlocks the terminal equipment, and the terminal equipment can be conveniently and quickly unlocked and can be used by the user conveniently; an unlocking scheme is concealed for users other than the owner of the terminal equipment, and accordingly the unlocking information is difficult to acquire without authorization of the owner of the terminal equipment.