A message display method, a user terminal, and a graphical user interface, where the method includes: detecting, by a user terminal, a press parameter when a user performs a press operation on the user terminal, and displaying the unread dedicated message when the first press parameter is greater than a first preset parameter and an unread dedicated message of the user exists in a group of a communicate application. Hence, the user only needs to press the user terminal, and when a press condition is met, the user terminal can automatically display the unread dedicated message of the user. Therefore, it is more convenient to view a dedicated message.