A method for controlling display of a flexible display screen includes: traversing distance sensors in each detection sequence according to a sequence of the detection sequence, each being a target sensor, and obtaining a front adjacent sensor in front of the target sensor and a rear adjacent sensor in rear of the target sensor in the detection sequence; obtaining a corresponding proximity distance of the target sensor, the front adjacent sensor, and the rear adjacent sensor; when the proximity distance of the target sensor is less than the proximity distance of the front adjacent sensor, and is less than or equal to the proximity distance of the rear adjacent sensor, determining an unfolded position according to the target sensor; and ending the traversal; determining a visible area of the flexible display screen according to the unfolded position, and displaying a corresponding display content on the visible area.