METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SHARING OF VIDEOS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE ADAPTED THERETO

A method of an electronic device for controlling sharing of video and an electronic device adapted to the method are provided. The electronic device comprises a display; a communication circuit; a control circuit; and a memory electrically connected to the control circuit, wherein the memory stores instructions enabling the control circuit to: display, on the display of the electronic device, a content on a first layer; and based on an execution of a sharing function between the electronic device and an external device: display, on the display of the electronic device, an icon associated with controlling of the sharing function, the icon being displayed on a second layer that is different from the first layer, and transmit, to the external device, data associated with the first layer including the content for displaying on a display of the external device, without transmitting data associated with the second layer including the icon.