The invention provides a method and device for controlling a setting menu of an application program and relates to the field of electronic devices. The method and device are used for displaying the built-in setting menu of the application program through a setting program. The method comprises the steps that the setting program obtains a setting menu call instruction; the setting menu call instruction is used for indicating the setting program to display the setting menu of the application program; the setting program obtains description data of the setting menu, stored by the application program, through an access interface according to the setting menu call instruction; the access interface is used for transmitting data related to the setting menu of the application program; the description data are used for storing menu items of the setting menu of the application program; the setting program displays the setting menu of the application program according to the description data.