A mobile terminal including a display unit arranged on the front surface so multiple pieces of visual information corresponding to multiple layers, respectively; and a front-surface input unit so a control command is input into the front-surface input unit and a rear input unit arranged on the rear surface so the control command is input into the rear input unit; and a controller to apply a function corresponding to an input to first visual information displayed on a first layer, and activate a second layer arranged under the first layer while maintaining a state in which the first visual information is displayed on the first layer in response to input to the rear input unit.