Embodiments of the invention disclose an application program permission setting method and apparatus, and electronic equipment, relate to a permission setting technology, and can improve application program permission setting efficiency. The application program permission setting method comprises the steps of displaying a preset floating window to guide a user to set an auxiliary function permission of an application program after an application program permission setting request is received, wherein the application program permission setting request is automatically generated when permission needs to be set in an installation process of the application program; and after the auxiliary function permission of the application program is completely set, setting other permissions required by the application program in a simulation click manner. The application program permission setting method disclosed by the invention is applicable to application program permission setting through permission-guided animation and simulation click.