The embodiment of the invention discloses a mobile-terminal desktop-icon display control method and a mobile-terminal desktop-icon display control device. The method comprises the following steps of detecting an instruction acting on a mobile terminal; if a preset single-hand operating instruction is detected, then sequentially moving a plurality of icons of the current page on a desktop to the current touch positions of a user finger according to a preset sequence. The single-hand operation for the mobile terminal can be supported, and the desktop-window size of the mobile terminal is kept unchanged, so that the desktop can be kept attractive.