Method for quickly starting application program, electronic equipment and storage medium

The invention discloses a method for quickly starting an application program, electronic equipment and a storage medium. The method for quickly starting the application program comprises the following steps: receiving a search keyword input by a user on a foreground application program running interface; displaying one or more candidate application icons on the first current running interface, wherein the candidate application is functionally associated with the foreground application; and responding to the selection of the candidate application program by the user on the second current running interface, and quickly starting the selected candidate application program. By means of the scheme, in the switching process of different application programs, the operation steps that a user searches for the candidate application programs by himself or herself, returns to the desktop halfway and the like can be effectively reduced, the candidate application programs can be rapidly started, the switching efficiency bet