Method for terminal single-hand operation and terminal

The invention discloses a method for terminal single-hand operation. The method includes the steps of receiving touch control requests of a user opening a single-hand operation mode, displaying a corresponding single-hand touch control area according to the received touch control requests of the user opening the single-hand operation mode, and obtaining single-hand touch control operations of a user in the single-hand touch control area. The invention further discloses a terminal. According to the method for terminal single-hand operation and the terminal, the single-hand operations of the user in the single-hand touch control area can be obtained, the user can execute the operations like backspacing, returning to a main interface and expanding the next stage, and user experience is improved.