The invention discloses a control method of a display screen of a refrigerator. The display screen is arranged on a refrigerator body or a door body of the refrigerator; the refrigerator is provided with a control unit for controlling the display screen to operate and a detection unit connected to the control unit. The control method comprises the following steps: when a user closing to the refrigerator is detected, controlling the display screen to be opened for working and driving the display screen to move outwards from an initial position and rotate to a first position; monitoring user information in real time, wherein the user information comprises distance information between the user and the refrigerator or the display screen as well as speed information and acceleration information of the user moving relative to the refrigerator or the display screen; when the distance L between the user and the refrigerator or the display screen is smaller than preset distance L1, if the speed is increased, enabling the display screen to rotate towards the refrigerator body or the door body and move to a second position; if the acceleration is increased, enabling the display screen to return to the initial position. By adopting the control method disclosed by the invention, the angle and the position of the display screen can be intelligently adjusted, the collision between the display screen and a human body can be effectively avoided, and the experience of the user is improved.