Disclosed is an electronic device including a storage storing contents, a display, and a processor configured to set one or more access authorities of one or more applications for accessing the contents stored in the storage while the one or more applications is installed, based on detecting at least one application of the one or more applications to access the contents, display, on the display, a message requesting changing at least one access authority of the at least one application of the one or more applications for accessing the contents, and based on an input associated with the message, change the at least one access authority of the at least one application of the one or more applications for accessing the contents.