The invention provides a face recognition method, a mobile terminal and a computer readable storage medium. The face recognition method comprises the steps that face information is acquired, and whether the face information is matched with a preset face template in the mobile terminal or not is judged, wherein the face template is data obtained on the basis of recognizing a to-be-processed image in the mobile terminal; when the face information is matched with the face template, a user interface is displayed and/or a touch operation is responded to according to the use permission correspondingto the face template, wherein the use permission is information obtained on the basis of the to-be-processed image. The face template is obtained on the basis of the to-be-processed image in the mobile terminal, the user interface is displayed and/or the touch operation is responded to according to the use permission corresponding to the face template after the collected face information is matched with the face template, so that the safety of the mobile terminal is improved, and the application range of human face recognition and the intelligent degree are improved.