Method and terminal for opening external link in network application

The invention discloses a method and a terminal for opening an external link in a network application, which belong to the technical field of the network application. The method comprises the following steps that a request for opening the external link in the network application is received; a corresponding window is created in accordance with the request for opening the external link; and a tab page is created in the network application, the window is loaded in the tab page, and a web page corresponding to the external link is opened in the window. According to the method and the terminal, through a browsing mode that multi-window display is established in the network application and a multi-example mode that a separate browser kernel object is created for each new tab page, the window of the external link can be opened in the network application without jumping out of the environment of an open platform, the user experience is improved, the burden of a developer of the network application is reduced, and the generality of the application is improved.