A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are provided, which facilitates a terminal to be used in further consideration of user's convenience. Provided is a method of controlling an operation of a specific mobile terminal by forming a wireless communication group through a short range communication and then synthesizing analyses of motion patterns detected through mobile terminals belonging to the wireless communication group. Accordingly, in performing a function through a motion of each of a plurality of mobile terminals belonging to a single wireless communication group, a function is more accurately activated and accessibility to the function activation is improved, thereby enhancing user's convenience.