Background task display method and terminal

The embodiment of the invention provides a background task display method and a terminal. The method comprises the steps of receiving a first input of a user; in response to the first input, displaying a multi-task interface; wherein the multi-task interface comprises a first display area and a second display area, wherein the first display area is used for displaying an interface thumbnail list of a first application program in a background task; the second display area is used for displaying an icon list of a second application program in the background task, the first application program isan application program outside the background task cleaning white list, and the second application program is an application program in the background task cleaning white list. In the embodiment of the invention, in the multi-task interface, the background tasks of the application programs which are not added into the background cleaning white list and the background tasks of the application programs which are added into