The present disclosure provides a terminal alarm method and device. The method comprises: receiving (S102) a pressing operation of a finger corresponding to a first fingerprint at a touch position for recognizing the first fingerprint, the first fingerprint matching a fingerprint previously stored locally in the terminal, and triggering (S104) an alarm function of the terminal, when the pressing duration time of the pressing operation reaches a predetermined time period and/or the number of pressing times of the pressing operation reaches a predetermined number of times. The present disclosure solves the problem that the function of the fingerprint recognition is monotonous in the related art and improves the user experience.