A mobile terminal and a control method thereof are provided, the mobile terminal including a touchscreen; a camera; and a controller configured to display a first graphic object on the touchscreen that is linked with an image capture function for capturing an image through the camera, execute the image capture function in response to a first touch input applied to the graphic object, and execute both the image capture function and a linked function corresponding to the image capture function in response to a second touch input applied to the graphic object.