A content editing method and a terminal, the method including a terminal displaying an editable user interface, where the editable user interface displays multimedia content and doodle content, the doodle content is generated in response to an operation performed by a user on the multimedia content, the editable user interface includes a content editing area, and the content editing area is used to add or edit the multimedia content and/or the doodle content. The terminal displays the added or edited doodle content in the content editing area in response to an operation of adding or editing doodle content, or the terminal displays the added or edited multimedia content in the content editing area in response to an operation of adding or editing multimedia content.