This application provides an electronic device control method and an electronic device. The method includes: displaying a first interface, the first interface including: a first thumbnail and a first quantity of controls, the first thumbnail corresponding to a first file, the first thumbnail having a first size, and the first quantity of controls including a first control; sending a printing instruction to a printing device in response to a first operation on the first control; and displaying a second interface in response to a second operation acting on the first interface, the second interface including: a second thumbnail and a second quantity of controls, the second quantity of controls including the first control, the second thumbnail corresponding to the first file, the second thumbnail having a second size, the second size being smaller than the first size, the second quantity being greater than the first quantity.