Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for presenting a photo gallery in a terminal device and the terminal device thereof The method may comprise: detecting a sliding path of a touch operation on a screen of a terminal device; and performing an operation on a predetermined area and presenting pictures of the photo gallery according to a photo gallery operation mode to which the sliding path corresponds. When the photo gallery is initiated to display the pictures, the predetermined area may be automatically hidden according to the sliding path generated on the screen of the terminal device by a user, thereby increases display area for the pictures in the photo gallery, reduces the amount of sliding actions for presenting the pictures, saves time taken for processing the pictures, and improves user experience.