An application management method, a terminal, a computer readable storage medium, and a computer program product including an instruction are disclosed. The method includes: suspending a background application when the background application meets a preset condition and disconnecting a communication link between the background application and a communications module when suspending the background application. Applicable to management of background applications on terminals, this method is intended to resolve a problem existing in the prior art that a battery life of the terminal is reduced when a large quantity of applications run in the background.