The invention discloses a method for collecting a multimedia resource, a terminal and a server. The method comprises the steps that the terminal detects a trigger event of a collection icon of the multimedia resource, and the collection icon of the multimedia resource and a thumbnail of the multimedia resource are located on the same display page; the terminal changes the collection state of the multimedia resource according to the trigger event, and the collection state is a collected state or uncollected state. According to the technical scheme, the collection icon of the multimedia resource and the thumbnail of the multimedia resource are displayed on the same page, and after the trigger event of the collection icon is detected, corresponding collection management can be achieved. Thus, an implementation procedure of the technical scheme is simple, application program switching caused by repeated user operation is not needed, and therefore system cache and CPU resources occupied by program switching are reduced, and system stability is improved.