The present invention relates to a mobile terminal for executing a file reproduction function, the mobile terminal comprising: a wireless communication unit configured to perform communication with an external terminal; and a control unit for forming a network for file sharing with the external terminal, receiving a file path corresponding to a specific file from the external terminal, so as to allow the mobile terminal to access the external terminal through the formed network and reproduce a file, and generating a reproduction list which includes a file path pre-stored in the mobile terminal and the file path received from the external device, wherein, when a file to be currently reproduced among files included in the reproduction list corresponds to a file, the file path of which has been received from the external terminal, the control unit accesses the external terminal through the formed network and reproduces a file corresponding to the received file path by a streaming method, on the basis of the received file path, and when a file to be currently reproduced among files included in the reproduction list corresponds to a file path pre-stored in the mobile terminal, the control unit reproduces a file by a local reproduction method, on the basis of the file path pre-stored in the mobile terminal.