This application discloses a display method when an application is exited and a terminal. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal, a keyword entered by a user into a search bar; displaying, by the terminal, a search result associated with the keyword; receiving, by the terminal, a first operation of the user for opening a first application from the search result; opening, by the terminal, the first application in response to the first operation; receiving, by the terminal, a second operation of the user for exiting the first application; and exiting, by the terminal, the first application in response to the second operation, and displaying a display screen on which an icon of the first application is located, where a size of the icon of the first application on the display screen is a first size.