Abstract: The application classification method includes: An electronic device obtains a first touch operation performed on a first folder on a display interface, where the first folder is any folder on the display interface, and the first folder includes at least one first application; and the electronic device displays at least one second application around the first folder in response to the first touch operation, where the at least one second application is an application that is in a third application and whose degree of matching the first folder is greater than a threshold, and the third application is an application that is not included in any folder on the display interface. According to the application classification method, an application that matches the first folder is displayed around the first folder, so that a user can quickly select an application that the user wants to store in the first folder.