The invention discloses a control method for a 3D magic cube type mobile phone desktop. The control method comprises the following steps: (1) performing touch sliding on the mobile phone desktop (1) by a user, when a mobile phone detects that an initial touch point of a user is located out of a zone of a first side surface (3) of a 3D magic cube model (2), enabling the 3D magic cube model (2) to begin to change at 360 degrees along with the direction of the touch point of the user; (2) when a screen of the mobile phone is locked, brightening the mobile phone, finishing corresponding unlocking action on a small lattice (6) of the first side surface (3) according to a certain clicking order and a certain clocking frequency; and (3) executing a certain game starting gesture by the user, entering a magic cube game mode, replacing application icons on each side surface of the 3D magic cube model (2) with different pure colors, automatically disturbing at random, turning over the 3D magic cube model (2) by the user through a specific operation gesture, and entering a game. According to the control method, a user can experience a relatively high three-dimensional picture effect, has the relatively recreational mobile phone desktop, and meets the individual requirements of the users.