The invention discloses a method for eliminating terminal data. The method comprises the following steps: judging whether a press operation is a pre-set operation or not after receiving the press operation based on a terminal; obtaining a press parameter corresponding to the press operation when the press operation is the pre-set operation; and determining corresponding data to be eliminated according to the press parameter, and eliminating the data to be eliminated. The invention further discloses a device for eliminating terminal data. According to the invention, the terminal data eliminating process is reduced; and furthermore, currently operated applications cannot be interrupted.