Character deleting method and device for terminal having touch screen, and terminal

The invention discloses a character deleting method and device for a terminal having a touch screen, and a terminal. The character deleting method comprises the following steps: detecting contact with the touch screen and acquiring coordinate information of a first contact point; acquiring the coordinate information of a last contact point according to the contact; acquiring the information about to-be-deleted characters according to the coordinate information of the first contact point and the coordinate information of the last contact point; and deleting the to-be-deleted characters. When the character deleting method provided by the invention is used for deleting the characters, the deleted characters are only related to a drop point and a sliding track, thereby avoiding mistaken deletion to a certain extent and improving user experience.