To provide a wearable information terminal enables to reduce power consumption and to improve operability. A wearable information terminal 1 wearable around a user's arm having a display 11, a touch pad 12 on the outside to the opposite position of the display 11 when worn on the user's arm, a sensor 13 detecting an inclination of the wearable information terminal 1 against a reference axis, and a controller 3 to show a pointer icon 110 at a position corresponding to an operation position on the display 11 when an operation to the touch pad 12 is detected and to switch the display 11 to an energy saving mode in case the inclination is within a predetermined range and the operation to the touch pad 12 is undetected.