Abstract: Disclosed are a desktop management method and device, which belong to the technical field of terminals. The method comprises: monitoring a gesture operation event of a current screen; when a first designated event is monitored, displaying a desktop management menu, the desktop management menu comprising all the screen thumbnails of the desktop; and when a second designated event is monitored, according to the second designated event, processing an operation object of the first designated event and a screen corresponding to a target thumbnail of the second designated event in the desktop management menu. The present invention can achieve the purpose of quickly locating a screen, thereby making an operation performed on a desktop be simple and quick, and the efficiency of the operation be high.