A mobile terminal and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes a display, and a controller configured to display at least one icon corresponding to at least one second application in an area of the display, the second application sharing content of at least one first application and/or being linked with the first application, wherein, when at least one of the at least one icon displayed in the area of the display is selected, the controller executes a second application corresponding to the selected icon with the first application. Accordingly, information on an application relating to an application displayed on the display is provided to a user such that the user can use various applications of the mobile terminal conveniently.