Embodiments of the present invention disclose a mood information processing method and apparatus. The method includes: first determining a mood information mode that corresponds to an application program, acquiring mood information of a message sender if the mood information mode that corresponds to the application program is transmitting a mood or correcting a mood, and then sending the mood information of the message sender to a message receiver. The embodiments of the present invention are applicable to outputting mood information of a user in an application program.