The invention discloses a terminal and a method thereof for adjusting application program icons on the basis of schedule activities. The method comprises steps that association relationships between application programs and the schedule activities are preset, and the association relationships show the application programs needing operation for each schedule activity; when a schedule table of a present terminal is detected to have a schedule activity needing performing, the application program needing operation for the present schedule activity is acquired according to the association relationships; an application program icon of the application program is displayed at a predetermined position of a screen of the terminal. Through the method, the application program icon of the application program needing operation is automatically displayed according to the schedule table, and thereby convenience of a user in operating the application programs is improved.