Disclosed are a mobile terminal allowing for a touch input and a control method thereof. The mobile terminal includes a display unit configured to output a graphic object, a sensing unit configured to sense a touch input applied to the display unit, and a controller configured to, when a first touch input applied to the display unit and a second touch input different from the first touch input are sensed in a state in which the first touch input is maintained, output at least one different graphic object related to a graphic object maintained to be output to at least one region of the display unit, in response to the second touch input in a state in which output of the graphic object to the region to which the first touch input has been applied is maintained.