Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method of setting a gesture in an electronic device. The method includes: when a specific gesture is selected among a plurality of gestures, displaying a gesture setting region for receiving an input of the specific gesture; generating and storing gesture information about the specific gesture when the specific gesture is input through the gesture setting region; and setting a recognition reference of the specific gesture based on the gesture information. Further, a technology for setting a gesture in an electronic device may be variously implemented through the various example embodiments of the present disclosure.