The disclosure provides a method for controlling a camera module. The camera module is removable between a first position received in a body of the electronic device and a second position exposed from the body. The method includes: driving the camera module to slide to the second position based on a call request on the camera module sent by a camera application, in response to the camera application running in a system foreground; determining whether a current application is a preset application, in response to an application in the system foreground switching from the camera application to the current application; determining whether receiving a call request on the camera module sent by the current application in response to the current application being the preset application; and maintaining the camera module in the second position within a preset duration, in response to not receiving the call request.