APPLICATION PROGRAM MANAGEMENT METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE

The present invention belongs to the field of a terminal device. Disclosed are an application program management method and apparatus, a server, and a terminal device. The method comprises: obtaining an application program and file association list, the application program and file association list being obtained through statistics by the server according to application program information of an application program reported by the terminal device and a file operation behavior that the application program invokes a system read and write interface to execute; and managing the application program according to the application program and file association list. In the present invention, the application program and file association list is obtained from the server, an application program and a file associated with the application program that are indicated in the list are used, so that when the application program is managed, the file associated with the application program is managed at the same time, thereby reducing requirements for technical costs of a terminal device user, avoiding that accumulation of useless files influences a normal running speed and processing capability of the terminal device, and ensuring startup and normal running of the terminal device.