A mobile terminal and a controlling method are provided. The mobile terminal comprises a camera, a display unit configured to display an image inputted through the camera, and a controller. The controller is configured to display at least a user-defined pattern corresponding to linked image setting information, receives a touch signal indicating that touch is applied to the corresponding user-defined pattern, and controls the camera to capture the image corresponding to the received touch signal and based on the image setting information of the corresponding linked user-defined pattern.