The present invention relates a mobile terminal capable of controlling contents displayed on a display unit, and a control method thereof. A mobile terminal according to one exemplary embodiment includes a terminal body, a transparent display unit having first and second transparent substrates both configured to sense touch inputs, a sensing unit to sense at least one of motion and rotation of the terminal body, and a controller to determine whether or not the sensed at least one of the motion and the rotation of the terminal body meets a preset condition information when an event is generated while a content is output on the first transparent substrate, and decide whether or not to display information relating to the generated event on the second transparent substrate based on the determination result.