Provided is a mobile terminal that includes a touch screen formed to enable a touch input, and a controller configured to generate a plurality of screen regions dividing the touch screen in which the touch screen is divided into a plurality of screen regions, and determine whether or not to display an icon in a first screen region based on whether or not the execution screen of a preset application is displayed in a second screen region among the plurality of screen regions, wherein the icon is an icon corresponding to a function of controlling the execution screen of the preset application displayed in the second screen region based on the execution screen of an application displayed in the first screen region.