The embodiment of the invention discloses a terminal control method, which is applied to a terminal applying a flexible screen. The method includes steps of pre-establishing a corresponding relationship between N positions and N application programs of the flexible screen, wherein different positions of the flexible screen are corresponding to different application programs, N is an integer whichis more than or equal to 1; when it is confirmed that the terminal is at a screen locking state, detecting operation of every position at N positions of the flexible screen; when the bending operationis carried out at the ith position of N positions of the flexible screen and meets a triggering condition, controlling the terminal to be unlocked according to the corresponding relationship betweenthe N positions and N application programs of the flexible screen, and controlling the running of the application programs corresponding to the i position of the flexible screen. The method is based on the bendable property of the flexible screen; the user can rapidly and conveniently open the application programs under the terminal screen locking state, the waiting time of the user in use of theapplication program is reduced.