The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for restraining edge touches. The method includes: when determining to trigger a touch restraining detection, acquiring locations of one or more touch points sensed by a terminal at two edges of a screen of the terminal; determining a holding manner indicating how to hold the terminal according to the locations of the one or more touch points; and when the holding manner is a single-hand holding manner indicating that the terminal is held by a single hand, determining a restraining region at one edge of the screen corresponding to the single-hand holding manner, such that touch points sensed within the restraining region do not trigger the terminal to respond to operations input by a user. When the terminal is held via the single hand, by determining the certain restraining region at the edge of the screen, it may prevent the terminal from responding to undesired operations due to touching the screen via other fingers except for the thumb.